Nancy Sinatra

Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before. By Mirah Curzer.

An interview with the author of The Grace of Kings and The Wall of Storms. By Ken Liu.

We all needed more Holtzmann.

Dream Koala

Two new television shows present fictional worlds where dreams can be manipulated. But how much can individuals — or others — really control their dreams? By Mindy Weisberger.

A poor soul adrift in the void could bring the genesis on a place like Mars. By William Herkewitz.

The alt-right hopes to be saved by the apocalypse. By Laurie Penny.

From algorithms to aliens, could humans ever understand minds that are radically unlike our own? By Murray Shanahan.

The show just tipped its cards for a second. By Andrew Burmon.

A new book chronicles spaceflight’s centuries-long journey from dream to reality. By Ryan P. Smith.

Will we ever salute Vulcans or cuddle tribbles? An astrobiologist explores the latest thinking on the forms alien life might really take. By Andrew Fazekas.

As the anthology series Black Mirror returns, its creator explains what fuels the show’s twisted tales – and tells us where we’re going wrong with technology. By John Robinson and Charlie Brooker.

The video, used by the Joint Special Operations University, states that megacities will be breeding grounds for “adversaries and hybrid threats,” and that the U.S. Army is unprepared. By Nick Turse.

Nothing Is as Terrifying as the Fear of the Unknown.

We can implant false memories with increasing ease – and it may well help you to live a healthier, happier life. But what are the ethics? By Robert Nash.

Births, deaths, and other time travel paradoxes. By James Gleick.

Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward presented a twentieth century that was free of nineteenth-century drudgery. By Ben Tarnoff.

I can't wait for this

From the 1975 film to the HBO series. By Brian Tallerico.