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2024/25 Annual Report

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Arizona STEM Acceleration Project

Arizona STEM Acceleration Project (ASAP) is a new initiative transforming how Arizona’s K-12 educators deliver high-quality, hands-on STEM activities to our state’s future leaders.

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The Applied Sci-Fi Project

The Applied Sci-Fi Project, made possible by support from the Sloan Foundation, is an event series and research project that brings together science fiction writers, futurists, scholars, and technologists to

EVOKE: The Collaborative Process

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Want to change the future? Start with a great story. EVOKE is a massive multi-player online educational game that uses narrative to help players develop 21st century skills and drive collaborative innovation.

Matt Heffernan

The conversation explores the role of imagination in problem-solving, playwriting, language, culture, and technology. It delves into the impact of imagination on identity, the planet, and ethical considerations in AI.

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Pat Patarunutaporn

The conversation covers a wide range of topics related to human-AI interaction, imagination, and the impact of AI on human flourishing. It delves into the role of imagination in shaping AI interactions, the design of AI for human flourishing, and the ethical considerations of AI addiction and dependency.

Brian Christian

The conversation explores the intersection of art and technology, the alchemy of language and creativity, the pitfalls of co-creating with AI, and the hopeful future of AI and imagination. It delves into the impact of generative AI on creative agency, the sublime and emergence of style in AI, and the importance of engaging with AI and imagination.

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Anna Abraham

The conversation delves into the nature of imagination, its relationship with consciousness, perception, and society, and the impact of the digital age and external influences on imagination. It also explores the paradox of individual and collaborative imagination.

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Imaginary Papers: Issue 26

CY Ballard, Jason Nabi & Vandana Singh

Into the Unknown: Exploring ‘Absence’ with Andrew Dana Hudson

Andrew Dana Hudson on His Creative Journey and Latest Work By Zakkary Parker What happens when a crisis has no blatant cause? Writer, sustainability researcher, and critical futurist Andrew Dana

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Concluding Thoughts

Section V: Concluding Thoughts When we first arrived, and for twenty years after that, Mars was like Antarctica but even purer. We were outside the world, we didn’t even own

Illustration for Vandana Singh's story "Shikasta," showing an orbiter circling a planet, mostly in shadow, with its sun in the background.

Exoplanets

Section IV: Exoplanets Suddenly Nadia felt a breeze swirl through her nervous system, running up her spine and out into her skin; her cheeks tingled, and she could feel her

Illustration for Ramez Naam's story "The Use of Things," showing an astronaut grappling on the surface of an asteroid, along with several small mining robots.

Asteroids

Section III: Asteroids Back in the socket, on the other side of the cable, upbound elevator cars were being loaded with refined metals, platinum, gold, uranium, and silver. Then the

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Imaginary Papers: Issue 25

Anne W. Johnson, Brenda Cooper & Troy L. Wiggins

Illustration for Karl Schroeder's story ""The Baker of Mars," showing an augmented-reality overlay on the Martian surface.

Mars

Section II: Mars She tumbled, landed on a knee and both hands. Her gloves broke through the duricrust. It felt like a layer of caked sand at the beach, only

Illustration for Carter Scholz's story "Vanguard 2.0." A spacecraft with a mechanical arm protruding from it, capturing a the tiny Vanguard orbiter.

Low Earth Orbit

Section I: Low Earth Orbit “But the General Assembly can’t be happy that you’ve given the first concession to an old South African weapons manufacturer!” Helmut shrugged. “Armscor has very

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Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities: A Collection of Space Futures

That is utopia … especially for primitives and scientists, which is to say everybody. Kim Stanley Robinson, Red Mars You are reading the HTML version of Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities: A Collection

ORN Essays

You are reading the HTML version of Our Radioactive Neighbors: Collaborative Imagination, Community Futures, and Nuclear Siting Practices. Visit the book’s home page to download it for free in other formats,

Pursuant to the Agreement

Pursuant to the Agreement Andrew Dana Hudson You are reading the HTML version of Our Radioactive Neighbors: Collaborative Imagination, Community Futures, and Nuclear Siting Practices. Visit the book’s home page to

Generating Hope

Generating Hope Carter Meland You are reading the HTML version of Our Radioactive Neighbors: Collaborative Imagination, Community Futures, and Nuclear Siting Practices. Visit the book’s home page to download it for

City of Hillsville

City of Hillsville Justina Ireland You are reading the HTML version of Our Radioactive Neighbors: Collaborative Imagination, Community Futures, and Nuclear Siting Practices. Visit the book’s home page to download it

Return to Sender

Return to Sender Sarena Ulibarri You are reading the HTML version of Our Radioactive Neighbors: Collaborative Imagination, Community Futures, and Nuclear Siting Practices. Visit the book’s home page to download it

Our Radioactive Neighbors

You are reading the HTML version of Our Radioactive Neighbors: Collaborative Imagination, Community Futures, and Nuclear Siting Practices. Visit the book’s home page to download it for free in other formats,

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Sound Systems: The Future of the Orchestra

Edited by Alex Laing, Joey Eschrich, and Ed Finn You are reading the HTML version of Sound Systems: The Future of the Orchestra. Visit the book’s home page to download it