Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the upcoming science fiction film is based on the 2021 novel of the same name by Andy Weir, the best-selling author of The Martian.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, there are quite a few Star Wars fans among biologists. These ones have used their opportunity to name a new species to make reference to their beloved franchise.

Ever since physicist Freeman Dyson first proposed the concept in 1960, the "Dyson sphere" has been the holy grail of ...