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• Metafilter MeFi: Women geeking out about geeky women Reclaiming the Nerdiverse [NSFW audio] is a fascinating hour-long discussion about women in science fiction and fantasy on the late night edition of the venerable BBC radio show Woman's Hour (podcast link). The host is Lauren Laverne, and her guests are author and…

  September 3 2015, 6:01am | Comments

• Bookmark Samuel R. Delany Speaks | The Nation

  When he was 11, Samuel R. Delany stayed overnight at a Harlem hospital for observation. It was 1953, and nearly a decade before Delany would publish his first science-fiction novel. He…

  August 29 2015, 3:33pm | Comments

• YouTube

  August 18 2015, 8:42am | Comments

• Bookmark Samuel Delany and the Past and Future of Science Fiction - The…

  In 1968, Samuel Delany attended the third annual Nebula Awards, presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA).

  August 4 2015, 7:30am | Comments

• Bookmark Anthropocene: On the Substance of a New Idea

  In February 2000, Paul J. Crutzen erupted at a scientific conference in Mexico. Five years previously, the Dutch-born atmospheric chemist had been awarded the Nobel Prize for being one of the…

  July 24 2015, 8:51am | Comments

• Bookmark Constructor theory solves the riddle of life – Chiara Marletto – Aeon

  Living things have puzzled and challenged us since the dawn of our species. Even in the light of our modern scientific understanding, they seem remarkable.

  July 24 2015, 8:51am | Comments

• Bookmark The Anthropocene Debate: Why is Such a Useful Concept Starting to Fall…

  The term ‘Anthropocene’ has entered the climate change debate, and the question is whether it should stay there. It neatly encapsulates the idea that the Holocene—a scientific term referring to the…

  July 4 2015, 4:21pm | Comments

• Additivism The 3D Additivist Cookbook: Are You a 3D Printing Radical?

  May 27 2015, 7:04am | Comments

• Bookmark I Just Want to Say One Word to You: Plastiglomerate - Scientific…

  Humanity inscribes itself into the rock record of Earth’s history. People now move more sediment than all the world’s rivers combined. Fossil fuel burning has changed the composition of the atmosphere.

  May 14 2015, 5:43pm | Comments

• Portfolio Algorithmic Narratives and Synthetic Subjects (paper)

  May 8 2015, 4:02am | Comments

• Bookmark In the basement with transhumanism’s DIY cyberpunks

  In a nondescript alleyway on Pittsburgh’s North Side, Nathan Kukulski arrives at a house party carrying two half-empty cases of beer. The place is called Cyberpunk Apocalypse, an experiment in communal…

  April 27 2015, 7:04am | Comments

• Bookmark Artificial stupidity can be just as dangerous as artificial intelligence.

  The day that science fiction writers have feared for so long has finally come—the machines have risen up. There is nowhere you can run and nowhere you can hide.

  April 13 2015, 1:14pm | Comments

• Furtherfield Contributions Resolution Disputes: A Conversation Between Rosa Menkman and Daniel Rourke

  April 13 2015, 5:50am | Comments

• Furtherfield Contributions Interview with Domenico Quaranta

  April 8 2015, 3:57am | Comments

• Bookmark Ursula K. Le Guin: Capitalism is draining the earth, and Occupy isn't…

  Ursula K. Le Guin, the perfect, inspirational 86-year-old science fiction author, has penned a new political essay that also serves as the introduction to political theorist Murray Bookchin's recent collection of…

  April 1 2015, 3:46pm | Comments

• Bookmark Prosthetic Knowledge:The 3D Additivist Manifesto Project

  The 3D Additivist Manifesto Project from Moreshin Allahyari and Daniel Rourke takes a Modernist direction to call for new art to be made with contemporary tools:The 3D Additivist Manifesto blurs the…

  March 29 2015, 11:58pm | Comments

• Bookmark New Left Review - Fredric Jameson: The Aesthetics of Singularity

  An ontology of the present is a science-fictional operation, in which a cosmonaut lands on a planet full of sentient, intelligent, alien beings.

  March 24 2015, 6:07pm | Comments

• Additivism #Additivism Interview at Creators Project: 3D Printing's Call to Action

  March 23 2015, 10:51am | Comments

• Portfolio The 3D Additivist Manifesto

  March 21 2015, 6:56am | Comments

• Vimeo

  March 19 2015, 2:44pm | Comments

• Bookmark Scientists say all the world’s data can fit on a DNA hard…

  Even though it’s looking increasingly likely that humanity will find a way to wipe itself off the face of the Earth, there’s a chance that our creative output may live on.

  February 23 2015, 7:45am | Comments

• Bookmark The Protocols of Science Fiction

  A conversation on a 1996 Internet newsgroup questioned the existence of science-fiction reading protocols. Up to that point I hadn't thought they needed explanation, since they seemed self-evident when Samuel R.…

  February 18 2015, 2:28pm | Comments

• YouTube

  January 26 2015, 5:32am | Comments

• Bookmark Welcome to the Future Nauseous

  Both science fiction and futurism seem to miss an important piece of how the future actually turns into the present. They fail to capture the way we don’t seem to notice…

  December 29 2014, 7:54am | Comments

• Bookmark Scientists “upload” a roundworm brain to a LEGO robot - SlashGear

  It sounds like a scene from a sci-fi flick. Or a horror film. Take your pick. Scientists of the future have finally found a way to digitize our brains and store…

  December 18 2014, 1:48am | Comments

• Portfolio “Please don’t call me uncanny”: Cécile B. Evans at Seventeen Gallery

  December 4 2014, 1:17pm | Comments

• Rhizome Contributions "Please don't call me uncanny": Cécile B. Evans at Seventeen Gallery

  December 4 2014, 12:17pm | Comments

• Vimeo

  December 1 2014, 2:48am | Comments

• Bookmark What Power Do Images Have in Our Society?

  While visiting a sci-fi and comics convention in Toronto recently, I found myself drawn inexorably toward the sound of gunfire, explosions, and grunts of agony and triumph.

  November 22 2014, 5:23am | Comments

• Bookmark Japanese science fiction award opens entries to aliens and computers | Books…

  Last week, the Australian writer Richard Flanagan stalked on to the stage wearing a broad grin, kissed the Duchess of Cornwall and grasped the 2014 Man Booker prize.

  November 22 2014, 5:23am | Comments

• Bookmark Did Cancer Evolve to Protect Us? - Scientific American

  Could cancer be our cells’ way of running in “safe mode,” like a damaged computer operating system trying to preserve itself, when faced with an external threat? That’s the conclusion reached…

  October 7 2014, 1:53am | Comments

• Twitter

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  September 16 2014, 2:00am | Comments

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• Metafilter MeFi: Women geeking out about geeky women Reclaiming the Nerdiverse [NSFW audio] is a fascinating hour-long discussion about women in science fiction and fantasy on the late night edition of the venerable BBC radio show Woman's Hour (podcast link). The host is Lauren Laverne, and her guests are author and…

  September 3 2015, 6:01am | Comments

• Bookmark Samuel R. Delany Speaks | The Nation

  When he was 11, Samuel R. Delany stayed overnight at a Harlem hospital for observation. It was 1953, and nearly a decade before Delany would publish his first science-fiction novel. He…

  August 29 2015, 3:33pm | Comments

• YouTube

  August 18 2015, 8:42am | Comments

• Bookmark Samuel Delany and the Past and Future of Science Fiction - The…

  In 1968, Samuel Delany attended the third annual Nebula Awards, presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA).

  August 4 2015, 7:30am | Comments

• Bookmark Anthropocene: On the Substance of a New Idea

  In February 2000, Paul J. Crutzen erupted at a scientific conference in Mexico. Five years previously, the Dutch-born atmospheric chemist had been awarded the Nobel Prize for being one of the…

  July 24 2015, 8:51am | Comments

• Bookmark Constructor theory solves the riddle of life – Chiara Marletto – Aeon

  Living things have puzzled and challenged us since the dawn of our species. Even in the light of our modern scientific understanding, they seem remarkable.

  July 24 2015, 8:51am | Comments

• Bookmark The Anthropocene Debate: Why is Such a Useful Concept Starting to Fall…

  The term ‘Anthropocene’ has entered the climate change debate, and the question is whether it should stay there. It neatly encapsulates the idea that the Holocene—a scientific term referring to the…

  July 4 2015, 4:21pm | Comments

• Additivism The 3D Additivist Cookbook: Are You a 3D Printing Radical?

  May 27 2015, 7:04am | Comments

• Bookmark I Just Want to Say One Word to You: Plastiglomerate - Scientific…

  Humanity inscribes itself into the rock record of Earth’s history. People now move more sediment than all the world’s rivers combined. Fossil fuel burning has changed the composition of the atmosphere.

  May 14 2015, 5:43pm | Comments

• Portfolio Algorithmic Narratives and Synthetic Subjects (paper)

  May 8 2015, 4:02am | Comments

• Bookmark In the basement with transhumanism’s DIY cyberpunks

  In a nondescript alleyway on Pittsburgh’s North Side, Nathan Kukulski arrives at a house party carrying two half-empty cases of beer. The place is called Cyberpunk Apocalypse, an experiment in communal…

  April 27 2015, 7:04am | Comments

• Bookmark Artificial stupidity can be just as dangerous as artificial intelligence.

  The day that science fiction writers have feared for so long has finally come—the machines have risen up. There is nowhere you can run and nowhere you can hide.

  April 13 2015, 1:14pm | Comments

• Furtherfield Contributions Resolution Disputes: A Conversation Between Rosa Menkman and Daniel Rourke

  April 13 2015, 5:50am | Comments

• Furtherfield Contributions Interview with Domenico Quaranta

  April 8 2015, 3:57am | Comments

• Bookmark Ursula K. Le Guin: Capitalism is draining the earth, and Occupy isn't…

  Ursula K. Le Guin, the perfect, inspirational 86-year-old science fiction author, has penned a new political essay that also serves as the introduction to political theorist Murray Bookchin's recent collection of…

  April 1 2015, 3:46pm | Comments

• Bookmark Prosthetic Knowledge:The 3D Additivist Manifesto Project

  The 3D Additivist Manifesto Project from Moreshin Allahyari and Daniel Rourke takes a Modernist direction to call for new art to be made with contemporary tools:The 3D Additivist Manifesto blurs the…

  March 29 2015, 11:58pm | Comments

• Bookmark New Left Review - Fredric Jameson: The Aesthetics of Singularity

  An ontology of the present is a science-fictional operation, in which a cosmonaut lands on a planet full of sentient, intelligent, alien beings.

  March 24 2015, 6:07pm | Comments

• Additivism #Additivism Interview at Creators Project: 3D Printing's Call to Action

  March 23 2015, 10:51am | Comments

• Portfolio The 3D Additivist Manifesto

  March 21 2015, 6:56am | Comments

• Vimeo

  March 19 2015, 2:44pm | Comments

• Bookmark Scientists say all the world’s data can fit on a DNA hard…

  Even though it’s looking increasingly likely that humanity will find a way to wipe itself off the face of the Earth, there’s a chance that our creative output may live on.

  February 23 2015, 7:45am | Comments

• Bookmark The Protocols of Science Fiction

  A conversation on a 1996 Internet newsgroup questioned the existence of science-fiction reading protocols. Up to that point I hadn't thought they needed explanation, since they seemed self-evident when Samuel R.…

  February 18 2015, 2:28pm | Comments

• YouTube

  January 26 2015, 5:32am | Comments

• Bookmark Welcome to the Future Nauseous

  Both science fiction and futurism seem to miss an important piece of how the future actually turns into the present. They fail to capture the way we don’t seem to notice…

  December 29 2014, 7:54am | Comments

• Bookmark Scientists “upload” a roundworm brain to a LEGO robot - SlashGear

  It sounds like a scene from a sci-fi flick. Or a horror film. Take your pick. Scientists of the future have finally found a way to digitize our brains and store…

  December 18 2014, 1:48am | Comments

• Portfolio “Please don’t call me uncanny”: Cécile B. Evans at Seventeen Gallery

  December 4 2014, 1:17pm | Comments

• Rhizome Contributions "Please don't call me uncanny": Cécile B. Evans at Seventeen Gallery

  December 4 2014, 12:17pm | Comments

• Vimeo

  December 1 2014, 2:48am | Comments

• Bookmark What Power Do Images Have in Our Society?

  While visiting a sci-fi and comics convention in Toronto recently, I found myself drawn inexorably toward the sound of gunfire, explosions, and grunts of agony and triumph.

  November 22 2014, 5:23am | Comments

• Bookmark Japanese science fiction award opens entries to aliens and computers | Books…

  Last week, the Australian writer Richard Flanagan stalked on to the stage wearing a broad grin, kissed the Duchess of Cornwall and grasped the 2014 Man Booker prize.

  November 22 2014, 5:23am | Comments

• Bookmark Did Cancer Evolve to Protect Us? - Scientific American

  Could cancer be our cells’ way of running in “safe mode,” like a damaged computer operating system trying to preserve itself, when faced with an external threat? That’s the conclusion reached…

  October 7 2014, 1:53am | Comments

• Twitter

  from science fiction to science fiction

  

  September 16 2014, 2:00am | Comments

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