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H.G. Parry: When We Read Books, We Bring Their Worlds Into Life

H.G. Parry: When We Read Books, We Bring Their Worlds Into Life

The Author of The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep Speaks with Rob Wolf on the New Books Network

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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

For So Many Cultures, the Key to Understanding Death is a Festival of Light

For So Many Cultures, the Key to Understanding Death is a Festival of Light

Sasha Sagan on Finding Hope in the Night Sky

By Sasha Sagan | October 24, 2019

The Fraught History (and Inevitable Future) of Space Tourism

The Fraught History (and Inevitable Future) of Space Tourism

Peter Ward on the Cost of Human Luxury Among the Stars

By Peter Ward | October 23, 2019

Teaching Climate Change With <em>The Lorax</em> and <em>The Jungle</em>

Teaching Climate Change With The Lorax and The Jungle

Mark Gozonsky on Getting High-School Kids to Read and Care About the Climate in Unconventional Ways

By Mark Gozonsky | October 21, 2019

How Do We Preserve the Vanishing Foods of the Earth?

How Do We Preserve the Vanishing Foods of the Earth?

Apples, Blue Honeysuckles, and the Soviet Seed Collector Who Protected the Earth's Biodiversity

By Lenore Newman | October 15, 2019

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Why Office Workers Can't Sleep (and Why That's Bad)

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What Are the Actual Chances of Being Buried Alive?

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Can Fiction Introduce Empathy Into AI? Do We Want It To?

Can Fiction Introduce Empathy Into AI? Do We Want It To?

Flynn Coleman on the Potential for Ethical Technology

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Jeanette Winterson and Mark O'Connell on the Future of Humanity in a Tech-Dominated World

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"One day, maybe, a body will be like a costume, put it on, take it off."

By Literary Hub | October 1, 2019

Are Civilization and Income Inequality Inextricably Intertwined?

Are Civilization and Income Inequality Inextricably Intertwined?

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If You Existed in Multiple Universes, How Would You Act In This One?

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Lessons in Morality from Quantum Physics!

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The Octopus: An Alien Among Us

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