Science and the Imagination
Pursuing human agency and long-term thinking.
Justice Scalia: Minor Philosopher of Technology
Michael G Bennett
Cylon Folk Wisdom
Corey S. Pressman
Slow Catastrophes, Uncertain Revivals
A collection of research-based “fiction with footnotes” short stories about environmental futures, created by students in Dr. Michele Speitz’s course “Slow Catastrophes, Speculative Futures, Science & Imagintion” at Furman University in South Carolina.
The Adventures of Buckminster Fuller and the Dymaxion Car: A Book Excerpt
Jonathon Keats
Talking Science Fiction and Game Design with James L. Cambias
Joey Eschrich
Teaching Bioethics With Pool Noodles
Bob Beard
Devices Like Us
Corey S. Pressman
The Crab and the Butterfly: Semicolon Services in the 21st Century
Corey S. Pressman
Poetry for Robots
Corey S. Pressman
Building Visions of Humanity’s Climate Future – in Fiction and on Campus
Unhooked: Wonder in the Digital Age
Corey S. Pressman
Clockwork Conversation: Not Everything Could Be Half of Something
Corey S. Pressman
Contest challenges writers to imagine futures shaped by climate change
The Imagination and Climate Futures Initiative at Arizona State University invites writers to submit short stories that explore climate change, science and human futures for its first Climate Fiction Short Story Contest. The submission deadline is Jan. 15, 2016, and contest entry is free. The contest will be judged by science fiction legend Kim Stanley Robinson.
Short Fiction Contest: Ocean Trash Write-Away
Every sea on Earth is plagued by massive amounts of trash. Refuse in the ocean kills hundreds of thousands of birds and marine mammals per year, and hazardous heavy metals bind to plastic particles and enter our food chain. The Ocean Trash Write-Away contest challenges writers to imagine solutions to this global challenge and write an inspiring short story set in a future where we’ve turned the tide on ocean trash.
September 17: Paolo Bacigalupi to imagine Southwest water futures at ASU
In Paolo Bacigalupi’s most recent science fiction novel, The Water Knife, Phoenix is dried up and California and Nevada are not too far behind. The millions of people who rely on the Colorado River to survive are not only thirsty, but fighting for their lives. It’s a compelling story that captures a not-so-distant future. Will Phoenix eventually collapse? Will the river dry up?
Hieroglyph anthology earns futurist award
Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future, an anthology of ambitious, technically-grounded science fiction visions of the near future curated by the center, has been honored with an award for Most Significant Futures Work by the Association of Professional Futurists.
Poetry by Robots for Robots
Corey S. Pressman
Margaret Atwood, ASU collaborators explore climate futures
What might a world without oil look like? How will human societies cope with massive changes in the Earth’s climate? How will we adapt to survive the future? And how can storytelling and art — alongside science and technology — help us confront the challenge of climate change?
Ed Finn and Project Hieroglyph on Arizona Horizon
On June 9, 2015, CSI director and Project Hieroglyph co-editor Ed Finn visited the Eight, Arizona PBS show Arizona Horizon to discuss Project Hieroglyph, science fiction, optimism for the future, and the trade paperback edition of Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future.