The Sinister Realities of Google’s Tear-Jerking Super Bowl Commercial
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Speculative Squalls
A wiki, largely run by an international cohort of teens, collects fanfic about future hurricanes.
Grieving With Google Street View
After a recent Twitter thread, thousands of people shared stories of finding deceased loved ones on Google Street View.
Australia Was Warned
The Australian government knew this fire season was coming—sooner rather than later.
Why We Keep Sending Music to Extraterrestrials
Music is an ideal medium for interstellar communication.
We Are Not Ready to Deal With Gene-Edited Athletes
Soon, countries or parents might try to tinker with people before birth to make them sports superstars.
What Might Baby Yoda’s First Words Be?
Don’t assume that just because he looks like Yoda, he’ll talk like him, Lisa Davidson writes for Future Tense.
A Wearable Wiretap
A new generation of ankle monitors offers a range of advanced features—and raises a host of thorny questions.
Qatar’s Outdoor Air Conditioning Is Not the Real Climate Villain
Indictment of Qatar's outdoor air conditioning is a prime example of western hypocrisy, Jane C. Hu writes for Future Tense.
Pecking Order and Privilege
Kathryn Bowers and Barbara Natterson-Horowitz explore the origins of "pecking order"—and how it affects your life.
Always Under Construction
When New Orleans realized nobody was using its new road-closure-map website, the city actually fixed it.
Cyber Is Not a Noun
Josephine Wolff knows what "cyber" means. Do you?
Silicon Valley and Ancient Greece
Acclaimed travel writer Eric Weiner traveled the world to find the relationship between society's innovative ideas and their surroundings.
Afrofuturism Podcast
Afrofuturism explores concepts of race, space and time and asks an existential question posed by critic Mark Dery.
Nonsense: The Power of Not Knowing Podcast
Today we carry around an almost infinite amount of information in our pockets, allowing us to instantaneously search for answers.