Art and technology both derive from the Greek word technê—a fact not lost on Aidan Meller, the force behind the world’s first humanoid robot artist, Ai-Da. Named after the pioneering computer programmer Ada Lovelace, she was created to _...Read More_

"Artist and author Sophia Al-Maria writes about breaking with science fiction’s past"

>"“Cyberspace” was once celebrated as a public, non-tracked space that afforded users freedom of anonymity. How did individual tracking of users come to dominate the _...Read More_

>"We may sometimes behave like computers, but more often, we are creative, irrational, and not always too bright."

>"Sci-fi enables us to think about science and religion as mutually supportive elements of what it means to be human."

“But while space is fascinating to study from afar, as a place to live, breathe, and thrive, well it sucks. Perhaps that’s why Mark Zuckerberg is focusing on the Metaverse. Facebook’s own history proves that it’s much easier to colonize _...Read More_

"Nature, Planet Earth wants us to believe, is a space filled with mythic struggles that transcend time, bearing greater resemblance to a Greek epic than a day at the national park."

>"Social scientists are researching what humans can do to improve their quality of life. Their findings echo what religious practices perfected centuries ago."

"Lem's 1964 story, published in English for the first time, tells the tale of a scientist in an insane asylum theorizing that the sun is alive."

>"Louise’s Parkinsonism didn’t tamp her artistic drive, but exposed the link between perception, thought and creativity"

Life only works with chemicals that have the right orientations—but chemists don't.