Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Science fiction writer Neal Stephenson predicted the metaverse, wearable tech and artificial intelligence long before those technologies arrived. What does he think of it all now? Host Megan McArdle ...

Science fiction has long served as a looking glass into humanity’s future, from our greatest triumphs to our darkest fears, offering writers and audiences opportunities to explore potential ...

WorldCon, the annual volunteer-run science fiction and fantasy writing convention, sweeps through a different city every year ...

From Black Mirror to Her to Cyberpunk 2077, science fiction reveals that our real threat isn’t killer robots—it’s the corporate systems quietly rewriting what it means to be human. Consider the ...

Some classic science fiction movies made sweeping predictions for the future. In some cases, those predictions never came to pass, but in others, the movies were strikingly on point. Predictions about ...