Science Fiction

Should we make AI more Human?

How can we engineer empathy and self-awareness into AI systems when we…

Science Fiction Frames: Black Mirror and the Search for True Love

Announcing The Weight of Light

A book of science fiction futures, grounded in research, imagining life…

CRISPR Rampage

What can Dwayne Johnson’s science thriller teach us about gene editing and unintended…

Why Climate Fiction?

How speculative fiction thinks about social change.

The History of the Future of Transportation

Ghost Stories in the Machine

How science fiction about artificial intelligence uses horror tropes to explore our fears about minds and…

Science Fiction Frames: The Incredible Logic Dilemma

Engineering a Superhero

Engineering students at ASU design superhero suits to benefit society and…

The Thing: Who is the disease, and who is the cure?

Sometimes a xenomorphic alien says more about us…