Why Are We So Resistant to the Idea of a Modern Myth?

Why Are We So Resistant to the Idea of a Modern Myth?

Philip Ball: “Myths are promiscuous; they were postmodern before the concept existed.”

By Philip Ball | June 2, 2021

Early Visions of Transhumanism Were... Wild

Early Visions of Transhumanism Were... Wild

On John Desmond Bernal and Getting Rid of the "Useless Parts of the Body"

By Philip Ball | October 24, 2019

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