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Lev Grossman: Why We've Always Needed Fantastic Maps

Lev Grossman: Why We've Always Needed Fantastic Maps

From Narnia to Dungeons & Dragons, on the Allure of Imaginary Places

By Lev Grossman | October 22, 2018

What Mysteries and Medicine Have in Common

What Mysteries and Medicine Have in Common

Surgeon and Writer Arnold van de Laar on the Doctor as Detective

By Arnold van de Laar | October 19, 2018

Autonomous Everything: How Algorithms Are Taking Over Our World

Autonomous Everything: How Algorithms Are Taking Over Our World

From Surgical Robots to Computerized Weapons

By Bruce Schneier | October 1, 2018

Where, Exactly, is the Overlap Between Storytelling and Technology?

Where, Exactly, is the Overlap Between Storytelling and Technology?

On Writing in a New Dark Age

By Tobias Carroll | September 24, 2018

Lit Hub's Fall 2018 Nonfiction Preview: Science & Technology

Lit Hub's Fall 2018 Nonfiction Preview: Science & Technology

10 Great Fall Books for Nerds

By Emily Temple | September 7, 2018

When English and Computer Code Both Feel Like Foreign Languages

When English and Computer Code Both Feel Like Foreign Languages

"I am Ill at Ease in a Room of People Speaking Quickly and Fluidly"

By David Auerbach | August 31, 2018

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Are Human Genes Changing As Fast As Culture and Technology?

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By Adam Fisher | July 16, 2018

How Much Does Fake News Actually Sway Voters?

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By David Sumpter | June 27, 2018

The All-Too Human Cost of Appalachia's Fracking Boom

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The False Nobility of Space Billionaires

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On the Art of Turning Shapeless Hard Metal Into Objects of Beauty and Utility

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The First Film Ever Streamed on the Internet is Kind of Crazy

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Beekeeping, Alien Planets, and the Limits of Narrative as Technology

By Joshua Wheeler | April 30, 2018

It Only Takes Seconds to Hack an ATM... Are Our Cars Just as Vulnerable?

It Only Takes Seconds to Hack an ATM... Are Our Cars Just as Vulnerable?

The More Complex the System the More Vulnerable it is to Attack and Human Error

By Chris Clearfield and András Tilcsik | March 23, 2018

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