October 2015 - Center for Science and the Imagination

Month: October 2015

2014, 2015 Annual report, Colorful squares arranged around the page in a grid pattern

Annual Report 2014-2015

Download and read our Annual Report for 2014-2015

An x-ray picture of a man's head, which is filled with various tools that resemble the interior of a normal head.

Clockwork Conversation: Not Everything Could Be Half of Something

In 1562, Don Carlos, the seventeen-year-old heir apparent to the Spanish throne, falls down a flight of stairs. Tragically, he sustains a terrible head wound. His father, King Philip II,

Clockwork Conversation: Not Everything Could Be Half of Something

Corey S. Pressman

‘Star Wars,’ ‘The Martian’ Show Science Fiction’s Role In Pop Culture

By Steve Goldstein and Ruth Wylie, KJZZ 91.5 FM

From Science Fiction to Science Fact

By Thomas Kalil, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Fluxing Futures: A Practitioner’s Guide to Probable Near-Term Developments in Publicity Rights Law

By Michael G. Bennett and Libbie Richards, Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

Three icons: one representing a museum building displayed on a laptop screen; one displaying a number of people holding maker and DIY tools; and one representing a toolbox with a variety of science-themed objects inside. Dotted arrow lines connect the three images to one another.

Using digital storytelling to grapple with scientific progress

Researchers at Arizona State University have received a four-year, $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to use the interactive, engaging nature of digital narratives to invite deeper conversations about questions of scientific creativity and responsibility.

Researchers Reanimate Frankenstein to Bring Science to Life

By Jennifer Hackett, Scientific American

Cover of the "Journeys through Time and Space" anthology, featuring a black hole rendered in shades of orange and blue.

Science fiction anthology explores futures shaped by journeys through time and space

Just in time for the United Nations’ World Space Week (October 4-10, 2015) comes Journeys through Time and Space, a new anthology of creative, thought-provoking visions of the future shaped by excursions through space and time, and into the labyrinthine caverns of the human mind.