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Murderbot, She Wrote
“Martha Wells created one of the most iconic characters in 21st-century science fiction: Murderbot, reluctant savior of humanity. Then she faced an existential threat of her own.”
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From Silicon to Slime
“Claire L. Evans on imagination as a form of computation, and the endless entanglement of our biological reality.”
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How to Build a Human
“A forensics company tells cops it can use DNA to predict a suspect’s face. Scientists worry the tool will deepen racial bias.”
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How We Lost Our Minds About UFOs
“No, aliens haven’t visited the Earth. Why are so many smart people insisting otherwise?”
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Embracing Envinylmentalism
A look at the environmental cost of the booming vinyl record industry.
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Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art
“To create a novel or a painting, an artist makes choices that are fundamentally alien to artificial intelligence.”
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Kingdom of Funga: A Mycelial Reading List on a Strange and Surreal World Around Us
Seven stories celebrating the mystery and power of fungi.
