Isn't science brilliant?  What with the Gaia spacecraft launching in December, on a mission to compile a catalogue of 1 billion stars and planets in the Milky Way. The recent discovery of a previously unknown Pharoah by archaeologists on the Egyptian site of Abydos. The discovery of a 3d version of graphene  promises to be exciting for the high tech industry, too. Blows your mind, right?

So what of science fiction? Have we nowhere else to go? Au contraire. Can you imagine societies of robots, all independent and starting a war? How about something darker - animal/human hybrids used for experimentation? Our imagination can take us as far as the stars and beyond.

Which brings us to this month's challenge. Science fact and fiction.


You can write anything you like -a short story or poem, or a personal account of how science has affected your life.  Or you could jump in and write an  Edited Guide entry. Do you know we haven't got one on Thunderbirds?