Is Total Recall a vision of humanity’s future life on Mars? Let’s take a closer look. Reel Science is an Inverse series that reveals the real (and fake) science behind your favorite movies and TV.

The woman one day finds she can breathe the air on Mars, upending her world and that of her fellow colonists.

While the rover was able to detect minerals and water that could have supported life, that doesn't necessarily mean that Mars itself harbored life. Vasavada said that their initial goal was to ...

“Follow the water” became the watchwords of every Mars mission thereafter. The hopes of finding life on Mars took a new turn in 1996. In August, a team of scientists from NASA and Stanford ...