hard science
noun
: a science (such as chemistry, physics, or astronomy) that deals with things that can be observed and measured
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That’s just season one—there are six available on Prime, and each is packed with enough daring missions, space fights, and Martian politics to keep fans of hard science fiction hooked.
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Matt Kamen, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
Join 2 others in the comments View Comments But economics is not a hard science.
—Bryan Mena, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024
Scavengers Reign isn't either of those things—this gloriously strange hard science fiction series has a visual style drawn more from European bandes dessinées, and impresses with writing that's equal parts imaginative, impactful, and thought provoking.
—Matt Kamen, WIRED, 22 June 2024
Chinese hard science fiction would seem to face an even steeper road to readership.
—Neil McRobert, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2024
The 1964 discovery of evidence supporting the big bang theory immediately elevated cosmology from metaphysics to hard science.
—Richard Panek, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
Opened this past December in partnership with Alcor, a nonprofit cryonics research organization based in Scottsdale, Arizona, the International Cryonics Museum’s mission is to educate people of all walks of life about the hard science of cryonic preservation.
—Heather Mundt, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2024
At their heart, such events are more about human psychology than hard science, and are no less fascinating for it.
—Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 18 Jan. 2024
This hard science of cryptography forms the first line of defense and the core of bitcoin security.
—Korok Ray, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
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Matt Kamen, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
Join 2 others in the comments View Comments But economics is not a hard science.
—Bryan Mena, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024
Scavengers Reign isn't either of those things—this gloriously strange hard science fiction series has a visual style drawn more from European bandes dessinées, and impresses with writing that's equal parts imaginative, impactful, and thought provoking.
—Matt Kamen, WIRED, 22 June 2024
Chinese hard science fiction would seem to face an even steeper road to readership.
—Neil McRobert, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2024
The 1964 discovery of evidence supporting the big bang theory immediately elevated cosmology from metaphysics to hard science.
—Richard Panek, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
Opened this past December in partnership with Alcor, a nonprofit cryonics research organization based in Scottsdale, Arizona, the International Cryonics Museum’s mission is to educate people of all walks of life about the hard science of cryonic preservation.
—Heather Mundt, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2024
At their heart, such events are more about human psychology than hard science, and are no less fascinating for it.
—Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 18 Jan. 2024
This hard science of cryptography forms the first line of defense and the core of bitcoin security.
—Korok Ray, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
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“Hard science.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20science. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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