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Annalee Newitz is a science journalist and author. Their novel Autonomous won the Lambda Literary Award and they are the co-host of the Hugo-nominated podcast Our Opinions Are Correct.

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2DF6M9A Young boy struggling with large yellow umbrella on beach in stormy weather. Winter beach scene.

Technology

Storm clouds threaten a promised AI revolution in weather prediction

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Blue Origin/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock (15255350a) Texas, USA: New Shepard-31 Capsule Recovery with the crew : Katy Perry, American Singer, Aisha Bowe, American aerospace engineer, Lauren Sanchez, American presenter and companion of Jeff Bezos, Kerianne Flynn, American Producer, Gayle King, American journalist, and Amanda N. Nguyen (Amanda Nguyen), Activist. Suborbital launch system and landing mission. This suborbital flight, the 31st in the New Shepard program and the 11th crewed, will extend Blue Origin's initiative to democratize access to space, having already carried 52 people beyond the Karman line. USA. Blue Origin All-Women Crew Historic Space Launch, Texas, USA - 14 Apr 2025

Society

Does science have a future in the US?

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High quality 3D rendered image, perfectly usable for topics related to big data, global networks, international flight routes or the spread of a pandemic / computer virus. Textures courtesy of NASA: https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/images/55167/earths-city-lights, https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/images/73934/topography

Technology

How Moore's law led us to a flawed vision of the future

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2YJ64RA . Benedetta Cappa Marinetti (Benedetta) (Rome 1897 - Venice 1977) Velocit? di motoscafo, 1919-1924 Oil on canvas, 70 x 110 cm

Society

How futurism took an abrupt right turn in the 20th century

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Ritual Sticks - Uncle Russell Mullett on the balcony of Cloggs Cave

Humans

Ancient humans understood the future and the past pretty much as we do

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Lidar and crest lines, Tugunbulak Credit: SAIElab, J. Berner, M. Frachetti https://press.springernature.com/large-scale-medieval-urbanism-traced-by-uav-lidar-in-highland-ce/50086460

Technology

High-tech archaeology shows we aren't the first to endure hard times

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Technology

The forgotten civil engineer with a vision we could all learn from

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San Francisco, CA, USA - September 15, 2024: Waymo self driving taxi driving in downtown San Francisco; Shutterstock ID 2517479849; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Technology

How a ride in a friendly Waymo saw me fall for robotaxis

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F6M33H RELEASE DATE: Dec 18, 2007. ORIGINAL MOVIE TITLE: Blade Runner: The Final Cut. STUDIO: World Artists. PLOT: Twenty-five years after the initial release of BLADE RUNNER, director Ridley Scott uses archival footage to re-create his original vision for the sci-fi classic. Based on a story by Philip K. Dick, the film is set in Los Angeles in 2019. Earth has become a polluted and miserable dystopia, and many people have fled to live 'Off World' on other planets. This dreary vision of the future features replicants: lifelike robots built as slaves for human use. When a replicant escapes his owner, a

Society

Why we need to fight back against sexy Asian lady robots

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US Election AI Deepfake and American media Deepfakes or political deep fake artificial intelligence disinformation as a fake American candidate concept as false news in a 3D illustration style.; Shutterstock ID 2438479109; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Technology

We need transparency from the companies disseminating misinformation

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Amorphophallus Titanum Derek Powazek https://www.instagram.com/p/C9ttlQjusoG/

Life

The best livestream so far this year? A corpse flower slowly blooming

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Earth

What would Earth look like in 25 years? I asked the experts

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