Science and the Imagination
Pursuing human agency and long-term thinking.
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CSI Skill Tree: In Other Waters (Online)
In the CSI Skill Tree series, we examine and celebrate how video games envision possible futures, build rich and thought-provoking worlds, and engage people as active participants in unfolding and
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Claire Vaye Watkins: Climate Writing (Online)
Join Claire Vaye Watkins, award-winning author of the climate fiction novel Gold Fame Citrus and the short fiction collection Battleborn, for a virtual reading and a conversation about climate writing.
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Cities of Light: A Collection of Solar Futures
A collection of science fiction stories, art, and essays exploring how the transition to solar energy will transform cities; catalyze revolutions in politics, governance, and culture; and create diverse futures for human communities.
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CSI Skill Tree: 80 Days (Online)
CSI Skill Tree is a new series that examines and celebrates how video games envision possible futures, build rich and thought-provoking worlds, and engage people as active participants in unfolding
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Stories of Algorithmic Justice (Online)
We often cling to the idea that artificially intelligent systems are neutral arbiters, despite knowing that these systems can only be as good as the parameters and data sets that
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“Tomorrow Is Another Daze” by Ernest Hogan
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“Even God Has a Place Called Home” by Ray Mwihaki
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Imaginary Papers: Issue 3
Troy L. Wiggins, Kate Greene & Joey Eschrich
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“The Wandering City,” by Usman T. Malik
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“A Cyber-Cuscuta Manifesto” by Regina Kanyu Wang
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“Notice” by Sarah Pinsker
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“Fourth and Most Important” by Nisi Shawl
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The Art of Us in Flux: An Interview with Nina Miller
A conversation about art that visualizes the future, creative expression in moments of crisis, and how art can be a path into fictional worlds.
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“Skating Without Streetlights” by Tina Connolly
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“A Room of One’s Own” by Tochi Onyebuchi
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“When We Call a Place Home” by Chinelo Onwualu
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“An Attempt at Exhausting My Deck” by Kij Johnson
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“The Parable of the Tares” by Christopher Rowe
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Everything Change Climate Fiction Contest 2020
What would our world look like if we actually respected and lived within planetary boundaries? We’re excited to announce our third global climate fiction short story contest. Learn more…
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Future Tense Fiction Book Launch: Washington, DC
Join us to celebrate the launch of Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow, a new anthology of science fiction from Future Tense, with France Córdova, director of the National Science