NatureFutures
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Science fiction from the home of science. Nature's award-winning SF column - submissions welcome
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Joined August 2012
Sometimes you just need somewhere to stop. To rest and recharge. This world is one such place, and you can meet all kinds of species as they pass through. But for the human race, this world was a place to settle — if they could. #scifi by M. J. Pettit https://t.co/zzcUEmrN7x
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The thing about Mars is it totally hogs the headlines. Everyone just, well, sees red. Mission to Mars. Life on Mars. Even go to live on Mars. But other planets are available. Maybe now it’s time to show Venus some love… #scifi by Monti Sturzaker https://t.co/ckfEJt0n8r
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We have personnel that can meet all your business requirements. We offer fully skilled staff across all disciplines. And we can scale up as quickly as is necessary. Just don’t expect to see humans. Welcome to the new world of work. #scifi by @24wordLoop
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This planet is strange. You can feel it. All the crew report it. Maybe it will be better once the airlock is open and we can step out onto the surface. But there’s definitely something here. Calling. Reaching out. Is it a welcome? #scifi by @WendyNikel
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Alarms echoed across the port — the spacecraft was unauthorized and it was heading their way. This could mean extreme danger. But never in a million years could they have realized the true cost of what would happen when it landed. #scifi by Rebecca Roland https://t.co/XXCs7EhlHp
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An inter-planetary transporter runs on its kitchen. Whether it’s company, comfort or coffee you need, you’ll find it in the diner. Even today, with emergency sirens blaring and the ship lurching, there’s time to eat. Just… #scifi by Catherine Tavares https://t.co/35gecmKuNs
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It seemed like the perfect plan: the key to immortality. Just a session with the scanner and his digital self would be a reality. A whole new life would stretch before him. The only question was: what could he see through the window? #scifi by Jiadong Jin https://t.co/eL2rC3DAfC
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THE EARTH WILL NOT CONSUME OUR BONES published in @NatureFutures "Those of us lucky enough to still have eyelids wink in the darkness.” Recommended on Myna Chang's Sept 2025 flash round-up. Read it:
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She’d known it would happen, and now it was official. Exile. But then, she’d never had choice: it was the price she knew she had to pay. For her. For her companion. And for the world. #scifi by Christine Lucas https://t.co/kNLVpUsDxV
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Want to understand a long-lost alien culture? Want to get up close to the past? Then come to the Utheri Archaeological Park! A great day out that is educational, informative … and only very slightly extremely dangerous! Book now! #scifi by @DearDeerDier
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The system was ready. Eager to absorb her knowledge. Every part of her language, every grammatical nuance, every twist of her tongue. And it learnt. Fast. But the question remained: it could speak but did it understand? #scifi by Toshiya Kamei https://t.co/YKD8hvdfgi
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Today’s the day order gets restored, meaning he would be OK for another month. They’d promised, after the lawsuit. It was the least they owed him. But today, things aren’t right. There’s no way his wife should be like this… #scifi by K. J. Zimring https://t.co/noLX3DEcJS
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This was not what he’d expected. He knew the process had changed. But still. The scene before him was more violent than he’d anticipated. After all, his goal was simple. So simple it now, seemingly, involved armies — and much worse. #scifi by Carl Goodman https://t.co/iQABo2Nfns
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Friendly reminder that @Hannya_Kay is an incredible writer and this story is so so SO good:
Memories. Remembering. That was its job. Recalling the life stories of so many people. All those it had met. All those it had worked with. All those who had now gone. They lived on in its recall. So listen — it has a tale to tell… #scifi by @Hannya_Kay
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The planet was safe. The air breathable. Better still were the remarkable finds. The stone relics with their signs of a long-lost civilization. The novel vegetation. This world looked like it would be a gift that would keep on giving. #scifi by Alan Dove https://t.co/WESZJ2Z5y9
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I was confident when I signed up. This was such an easy way to get a PhD. My career rested on one simple task. One simple task that, it turns out, might not be so simple. Why else would I be stuck in space station staring at a vent? #scifi by @SayanSydney
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To all intents and purposes, she is my daughter. But she isn’t. Not really. In fact, if I’m honest, she’s not even human. She looks the part. But she’s synthetic. Artificial. She’s designed to help — it’s just, I wonder if she does. #scifi by Dandan Peng https://t.co/ylFKpghXnS
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Thrilled to be back in Nature with a new story ❤️
My sister is out there somewhere, I know it. Sure, she’s stopped syncing, but that just means her quest for something more is going well. She’s making progress. All I have to do is find her trail and follow her. How hard can it be? #scifi by @akaSylvia
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My sister is out there somewhere, I know it. Sure, she’s stopped syncing, but that just means her quest for something more is going well. She’s making progress. All I have to do is find her trail and follow her. How hard can it be? #scifi by @akaSylvia
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I am the last. The sole survivor of the human race. And yet — I am not. Because there’s something my captors don’t know about me. Something that means they have lost even though they believe they have won. And I am ready to begin… #scifi by Yixuan Zhu https://t.co/asztpJEgA2
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