Tag: Science fiction
Sci-fi books are rare in school even though they help kids...
Emily Midkiff, University of North Dakota
Science fiction can lead people to be more cautious about the potential consequences...
Lessons from ‘Star Trek: Picard’ – a cybersecurity expert explains how...
Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Editor’s note: This article contains plot spoilers.
Society’s...
This course uses science fiction to understand politics
Nicole Pankiewicz, College of Coastal Georgia
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation...
Sci-fi books for young readers often omit children of color from...
Emily Midkiff, University of North Dakota
While visiting an elementary school library in 2016 to count the fantasy books...
How Octavia E. Butler mined her boundless curiosity to forge a...
Alyssa Collins, University of South Carolina
In 2021, Alyssa Collins was awarded a yearlong Octavia E. Butler Fellowship from...
Is it possible to recreate dinosaurs from their DNA?
William Ausich, The Ohio State University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all...
Lab–grown embryos and human–monkey hybrids: Medical marvels or ethical missteps?
Sahotra Sarkar, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
In Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel “Brave New...
Space Force sounds like a joke thanks to pop culture –...
Wendy Whitman Cobb, US Air Force School of Advanced Air and Space Studies
The U.S. Space Force has a...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
