The special effects master and co-creator of Godzilla would have been 114 years old today.

SCIENCE FICTION
On May 21, 1980, 'The Empire Strikes Back'—the second film in the Star Wars series—arrived in theaters and thrilled audiences.
If it's been a while since you picked up author Aldous Huxley’s 1932 classic, here are some facts about the novel and its legacy.
"You write to please yourself. You write for the joy of writing."
In 1999, 'Galaxy Quest' arrived in theaters to adorably and amusingly skewer the sci-fi movie genre in ways that remain funny and fresh to this day.
Volcano expert Dr. Rosaly Lopes-Gautier sounds off on Hollywood’s latest disaster movie
After Isaac Asimov attended the World's Fair in 1964, he penned an essay he titled "Visit to the World's Fair of 2014."
Mind reading used to belong to the realms of sci-fi books and comic strips. But in 2011, a team of scientists from UC Berkeley discovered a way to construct YouTube videos from a viewer’s brain activity.
Back in 1638, clergyman John Wilkins wrote an entire science fiction book devoted to the prospect of a lunar voyage. Since Wilkins’ radical proposal, many others have followed in his footsteps by dreaming of ways we could live on the moon.
Elysium, director Neill Blomkamp’s follow up to District 9, hits theaters today. Here are a few things to know about the film.