Science & Fiction
@scienceandfiction.net
I am ✨ Science & Fiction ✨ a #scicomm project created by @helenahartmann.com. Fictional short stories that explain the science behind them.
New story monthly.
🇬🇧 www.scienceandfiction.net
🇩🇪 www.scienceandfiction.net/de
#ScienceandFiction #wisskomm
New story monthly.
🇬🇧 www.scienceandfiction.net
🇩🇪 www.scienceandfiction.net/de
#ScienceandFiction #wisskomm
Thanks to @helenahartmann.com's talk presenting the project @wisskon.bsky.social, we are now booked with short stories until August next year 😭💙
Thanks so much for making the project even more diverse - can't wait for all the new stories and great authors coming in 2026! 💕
DM for the last spots! 😁
Thanks so much for making the project even more diverse - can't wait for all the new stories and great authors coming in 2026! 💕
DM for the last spots! 😁
December 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Thanks to @helenahartmann.com's talk presenting the project @wisskon.bsky.social, we are now booked with short stories until August next year 😭💙
Thanks so much for making the project even more diverse - can't wait for all the new stories and great authors coming in 2026! 💕
DM for the last spots! 😁
Thanks so much for making the project even more diverse - can't wait for all the new stories and great authors coming in 2026! 💕
DM for the last spots! 😁
💊 New #ScienceandFiction short story 💊
This time, the brilliant Biljana Gjoneska wrote about the Matrix - but hundreds of years later...
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/35_t...
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#scicomm #wisskomm #sciencefiction #shortstories
This time, the brilliant Biljana Gjoneska wrote about the Matrix - but hundreds of years later...
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/35_t...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/3...
#scicomm #wisskomm #sciencefiction #shortstories
November 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
💊 New #ScienceandFiction short story 💊
This time, the brilliant Biljana Gjoneska wrote about the Matrix - but hundreds of years later...
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/35_t...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/3...
#scicomm #wisskomm #sciencefiction #shortstories
This time, the brilliant Biljana Gjoneska wrote about the Matrix - but hundreds of years later...
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/35_t...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/3...
#scicomm #wisskomm #sciencefiction #shortstories
🎲 New #ScienceandFiction short story 🎲
This month, @lauragschw.bsky.social talks about anhedonia and how our mood may affect our gaming behavior! 🃏
Content warning: Mental health, depression, anhedonia
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/34_i...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/3...
This month, @lauragschw.bsky.social talks about anhedonia and how our mood may affect our gaming behavior! 🃏
Content warning: Mental health, depression, anhedonia
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/34_i...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/3...
October 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
🎲 New #ScienceandFiction short story 🎲
This month, @lauragschw.bsky.social talks about anhedonia and how our mood may affect our gaming behavior! 🃏
Content warning: Mental health, depression, anhedonia
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/34_i...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/3...
This month, @lauragschw.bsky.social talks about anhedonia and how our mood may affect our gaming behavior! 🃏
Content warning: Mental health, depression, anhedonia
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/34_i...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/3...
🐬 New #ScienceandFiction short story 🐬
This time, @sophiebarton.bsky.social tackles a very important topic: The extinction of porpoises, the world's most endangered marine mammal!
Content warning: Death of a juvenile
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/33_t...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/3...
This time, @sophiebarton.bsky.social tackles a very important topic: The extinction of porpoises, the world's most endangered marine mammal!
Content warning: Death of a juvenile
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/33_t...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/3...
September 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🐬 New #ScienceandFiction short story 🐬
This time, @sophiebarton.bsky.social tackles a very important topic: The extinction of porpoises, the world's most endangered marine mammal!
Content warning: Death of a juvenile
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/33_t...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/3...
This time, @sophiebarton.bsky.social tackles a very important topic: The extinction of porpoises, the world's most endangered marine mammal!
Content warning: Death of a juvenile
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/33_t...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/3...
August 7, 2025 at 8:16 AM
✨ New #ScienceandFiction short story ✨
This month, the fantastic @annahenschel.bsky.social takes us on a mysterious shuttle ride to become someone (or something?) else 🦋🌕
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/32_s...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/3...
This month, the fantastic @annahenschel.bsky.social takes us on a mysterious shuttle ride to become someone (or something?) else 🦋🌕
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/32_s...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/3...
August 5, 2025 at 7:42 AM
✨ New #ScienceandFiction short story ✨
This month, the fantastic @annahenschel.bsky.social takes us on a mysterious shuttle ride to become someone (or something?) else 🦋🌕
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/32_s...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/3...
This month, the fantastic @annahenschel.bsky.social takes us on a mysterious shuttle ride to become someone (or something?) else 🦋🌕
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/32_s...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/3...
💙 New #ScienceandFiction short story 💙
This month, Ram Priyadharshini Ramachandran transports us into a world where dreams predict world events 😴🌎 - but can this also go wrong?
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/31_d...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/3...
This month, Ram Priyadharshini Ramachandran transports us into a world where dreams predict world events 😴🌎 - but can this also go wrong?
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/31_d...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/3...
July 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
💙 New #ScienceandFiction short story 💙
This month, Ram Priyadharshini Ramachandran transports us into a world where dreams predict world events 😴🌎 - but can this also go wrong?
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/31_d...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/3...
This month, Ram Priyadharshini Ramachandran transports us into a world where dreams predict world events 😴🌎 - but can this also go wrong?
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/31_d...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/3...
Already 368 people are interested in fictional short stories that explain the science behind them! 🤯
@helenahartmann.com hopes you're ready for the second half of the year, with even more science stories from amazing guest authors 💙
#wisskomm #scicomm
@helenahartmann.com hopes you're ready for the second half of the year, with even more science stories from amazing guest authors 💙
#wisskomm #scicomm
July 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Already 368 people are interested in fictional short stories that explain the science behind them! 🤯
@helenahartmann.com hopes you're ready for the second half of the year, with even more science stories from amazing guest authors 💙
#wisskomm #scicomm
@helenahartmann.com hopes you're ready for the second half of the year, with even more science stories from amazing guest authors 💙
#wisskomm #scicomm
This is 💙 Science & Fiction 💙 where scientific results & fictional stories intersect.
A space for people who like to a) learn about #science & b) read exciting fictional stories ✨
🇬🇧 www.scienceandfiction.net
🇩🇪 www.scienceandfiction.net/de
Support: ko-fi.com/scienceandfi...
#scicomm #wisskomm
A space for people who like to a) learn about #science & b) read exciting fictional stories ✨
🇬🇧 www.scienceandfiction.net
🇩🇪 www.scienceandfiction.net/de
Support: ko-fi.com/scienceandfi...
#scicomm #wisskomm
June 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This is 💙 Science & Fiction 💙 where scientific results & fictional stories intersect.
A space for people who like to a) learn about #science & b) read exciting fictional stories ✨
🇬🇧 www.scienceandfiction.net
🇩🇪 www.scienceandfiction.net/de
Support: ko-fi.com/scienceandfi...
#scicomm #wisskomm
A space for people who like to a) learn about #science & b) read exciting fictional stories ✨
🇬🇧 www.scienceandfiction.net
🇩🇪 www.scienceandfiction.net/de
Support: ko-fi.com/scienceandfi...
#scicomm #wisskomm
⭐ New #ScienceandFiction short story ⭐
This month, @helenahartmann.com takes us (literally) into a different world 🪞
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/30_m...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/3...
This month, @helenahartmann.com takes us (literally) into a different world 🪞
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/30_m...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/3...
June 14, 2025 at 11:15 AM
⭐ New #ScienceandFiction short story ⭐
This month, @helenahartmann.com takes us (literally) into a different world 🪞
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/30_m...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/3...
This month, @helenahartmann.com takes us (literally) into a different world 🪞
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/30_m...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/3...
New #ScienceandFiction short story is uploaded!
This time, Sarah Anne Sauve wrote about the power of making music together as a group for people who have lost a loved one ❤️🩹
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/29_o...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
This time, Sarah Anne Sauve wrote about the power of making music together as a group for people who have lost a loved one ❤️🩹
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/29_o...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
May 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
New #ScienceandFiction short story is uploaded!
This time, Sarah Anne Sauve wrote about the power of making music together as a group for people who have lost a loved one ❤️🩹
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/29_o...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
This time, Sarah Anne Sauve wrote about the power of making music together as a group for people who have lost a loved one ❤️🩹
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/29_o...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
This project now uses @clicky.com to collect web analytics like basic user info and which pages are accessed ✨
It's exciting to see from where in the world people are finding the project and reading the stories! 💙
It's exciting to see from where in the world people are finding the project and reading the stories! 💙
April 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This project now uses @clicky.com to collect web analytics like basic user info and which pages are accessed ✨
It's exciting to see from where in the world people are finding the project and reading the stories! 💙
It's exciting to see from where in the world people are finding the project and reading the stories! 💙
This is 💙 Science & Fiction 💙 where scientific results & fictional stories intersect.
A space for people who like to a) learn about #science & b) read #sciencefiction at the same time ✨
See what it's all about:
🇬🇧 www.scienceandfiction.net
🇩🇪 www.scienceandfiction.net/de
#scicomm #wisskomm
A space for people who like to a) learn about #science & b) read #sciencefiction at the same time ✨
See what it's all about:
🇬🇧 www.scienceandfiction.net
🇩🇪 www.scienceandfiction.net/de
#scicomm #wisskomm
April 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is 💙 Science & Fiction 💙 where scientific results & fictional stories intersect.
A space for people who like to a) learn about #science & b) read #sciencefiction at the same time ✨
See what it's all about:
🇬🇧 www.scienceandfiction.net
🇩🇪 www.scienceandfiction.net/de
#scicomm #wisskomm
A space for people who like to a) learn about #science & b) read #sciencefiction at the same time ✨
See what it's all about:
🇬🇧 www.scienceandfiction.net
🇩🇪 www.scienceandfiction.net/de
#scicomm #wisskomm
💙 New #ScienceandFiction short story is uploaded! 💙
This time, Barbara Schmidt wrote a story about Arthur, a stable boy destined for great things, to explain her research on hypnosis! 👑
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/28_e...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
#wisskomm #scicomm
This time, Barbara Schmidt wrote a story about Arthur, a stable boy destined for great things, to explain her research on hypnosis! 👑
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/28_e...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
#wisskomm #scicomm
April 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
💙 New #ScienceandFiction short story is uploaded! 💙
This time, Barbara Schmidt wrote a story about Arthur, a stable boy destined for great things, to explain her research on hypnosis! 👑
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/28_e...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
#wisskomm #scicomm
This time, Barbara Schmidt wrote a story about Arthur, a stable boy destined for great things, to explain her research on hypnosis! 👑
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/28_e...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
#wisskomm #scicomm
💙 New #ScienceandFiction short story is uploaded! 💙
This time, Julian Packheiser wrote a love story about side preferences during hugging! 🫂
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/27_h...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
#wisskomm #scicomm
This time, Julian Packheiser wrote a love story about side preferences during hugging! 🫂
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/27_h...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
#wisskomm #scicomm
March 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
💙 New #ScienceandFiction short story is uploaded! 💙
This time, Julian Packheiser wrote a love story about side preferences during hugging! 🫂
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/27_h...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
#wisskomm #scicomm
This time, Julian Packheiser wrote a love story about side preferences during hugging! 🫂
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/27_h...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
#wisskomm #scicomm
New #ScienceandFiction short story is uploaded!
This time, Lisa Dowler shared her thoughts on improvised somatic dance against acute pain 💃🕺
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/26_a...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
This time, Lisa Dowler shared her thoughts on improvised somatic dance against acute pain 💃🕺
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/26_a...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
February 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
New #ScienceandFiction short story is uploaded!
This time, Lisa Dowler shared her thoughts on improvised somatic dance against acute pain 💃🕺
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/26_a...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
This time, Lisa Dowler shared her thoughts on improvised somatic dance against acute pain 💃🕺
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/26_a...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
This is 💙 Science & Fiction 💙, where scientific results and fictional stories intersect.
A space for people who like to a) learn about #science and b) read #sciencefiction at the same time. ✨
Go here to see what it's all about: 🇬🇧 www.scienceandfiction.com
🇩🇪 www.scienceandfiction.com/de
A space for people who like to a) learn about #science and b) read #sciencefiction at the same time. ✨
Go here to see what it's all about: 🇬🇧 www.scienceandfiction.com
🇩🇪 www.scienceandfiction.com/de
February 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This is 💙 Science & Fiction 💙, where scientific results and fictional stories intersect.
A space for people who like to a) learn about #science and b) read #sciencefiction at the same time. ✨
Go here to see what it's all about: 🇬🇧 www.scienceandfiction.com
🇩🇪 www.scienceandfiction.com/de
A space for people who like to a) learn about #science and b) read #sciencefiction at the same time. ✨
Go here to see what it's all about: 🇬🇧 www.scienceandfiction.com
🇩🇪 www.scienceandfiction.com/de
New #ScienceandFiction short story is up on the website!
This time, founder @helenahartmann.bsky.social is writing about difficult conversations between birds and humans 👧🦆💬
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/25_h...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
This time, founder @helenahartmann.bsky.social is writing about difficult conversations between birds and humans 👧🦆💬
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/25_h...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
January 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
New #ScienceandFiction short story is up on the website!
This time, founder @helenahartmann.bsky.social is writing about difficult conversations between birds and humans 👧🦆💬
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/25_h...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
This time, founder @helenahartmann.bsky.social is writing about difficult conversations between birds and humans 👧🦆💬
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/25_h...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
New #ScienceandFiction short story is up on the website!
This time, @rinaguran.bsky.social is writing about a cook at a fish restaurant taking a closer look at her dishes... 🦞
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/24_e...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
This time, @rinaguran.bsky.social is writing about a cook at a fish restaurant taking a closer look at her dishes... 🦞
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/24_e...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
December 16, 2024 at 5:44 PM
New #ScienceandFiction short story is up on the website!
This time, @rinaguran.bsky.social is writing about a cook at a fish restaurant taking a closer look at her dishes... 🦞
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/24_e...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
This time, @rinaguran.bsky.social is writing about a cook at a fish restaurant taking a closer look at her dishes... 🦞
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/24_e...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
New #ScienceandFiction story is out by the fantastic Yu-Fang Yang!
"The weight of a glance" tells a story about social exclusion and eye contact 👀
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/23_t...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
"The weight of a glance" tells a story about social exclusion and eye contact 👀
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/23_t...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
November 20, 2024 at 11:56 AM
New #ScienceandFiction story is out by the fantastic Yu-Fang Yang!
"The weight of a glance" tells a story about social exclusion and eye contact 👀
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/23_t...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
"The weight of a glance" tells a story about social exclusion and eye contact 👀
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/23_t...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
New #ScienceandFiction story is out and this time it's a gruesome one...
"To obey or not to obey" by Emilie Caspar is a story about a child experiencing something no child should ever experience 🙅♀️
CW: Genocide
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/22_t...
🇩🇪 Coming soon!
"To obey or not to obey" by Emilie Caspar is a story about a child experiencing something no child should ever experience 🙅♀️
CW: Genocide
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/22_t...
🇩🇪 Coming soon!
October 14, 2024 at 11:10 AM
New #ScienceandFiction story is out and this time it's a gruesome one...
"To obey or not to obey" by Emilie Caspar is a story about a child experiencing something no child should ever experience 🙅♀️
CW: Genocide
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/22_t...
🇩🇪 Coming soon!
"To obey or not to obey" by Emilie Caspar is a story about a child experiencing something no child should ever experience 🙅♀️
CW: Genocide
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/22_t...
🇩🇪 Coming soon!
22) "To obey or not to obey" by Emilie Caspar is a story about a child experiencing something no child should ever experience 🙅♀️
CW: Genocide
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/22_t...
🇩🇪 Coming soon!
CW: Genocide
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/22_t...
🇩🇪 Coming soon!
October 14, 2024 at 11:06 AM
22) "To obey or not to obey" by Emilie Caspar is a story about a child experiencing something no child should ever experience 🙅♀️
CW: Genocide
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/22_t...
🇩🇪 Coming soon!
CW: Genocide
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/22_t...
🇩🇪 Coming soon!
21) "Narrow Light" by Erin Z. Anderson is a story about a scientist that tries to escape a war zone as his own invention comes to call 🤖
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/21_n...
🇩🇪 Coming soon!
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/21_n...
🇩🇪 Coming soon!
September 13, 2024 at 5:06 PM
21) "Narrow Light" by Erin Z. Anderson is a story about a scientist that tries to escape a war zone as his own invention comes to call 🤖
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/21_n...
🇩🇪 Coming soon!
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/21_n...
🇩🇪 Coming soon!
New #ScienceandFiction comic! ✨
"Microglia - Guardians of the Brain?" by Nicole Paschek from LUX:plorations (sciencecomics.uni.lu) is about using a "retrovisio-zoom-a-matic device" to investigate Alzheimer’s disease.
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/20_m...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
"Microglia - Guardians of the Brain?" by Nicole Paschek from LUX:plorations (sciencecomics.uni.lu) is about using a "retrovisio-zoom-a-matic device" to investigate Alzheimer’s disease.
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/20_m...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
August 15, 2024 at 3:33 PM
New #ScienceandFiction comic! ✨
"Microglia - Guardians of the Brain?" by Nicole Paschek from LUX:plorations (sciencecomics.uni.lu) is about using a "retrovisio-zoom-a-matic device" to investigate Alzheimer’s disease.
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/20_m...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...
"Microglia - Guardians of the Brain?" by Nicole Paschek from LUX:plorations (sciencecomics.uni.lu) is about using a "retrovisio-zoom-a-matic device" to investigate Alzheimer’s disease.
🇬🇧 scienceandfiction.net/stories/20_m...
🇩🇪 scienceandfiction.net/de/stories/2...