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Issues in Science and Technology

  • Imo Nse Imeh: Monuments to Our Skies
    by Issues
    Imo Nse Imeh, Study, Residence of Evermore, 2024 (1 of 2 panels), oil paint, India ink, acrylic ink, charcoal on unstretched canvas, 61 x 40 inches. During the summer of 2020—amid… Read More The post Imo Nse Imeh: Monuments to Our Skies appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology.
  • Reindeer!
    by Kimberly Quach
    In Alaska, reindeer are much more real than the fantasy animals that pull Santa’s sleigh. Introduced to Alaska from Siberia by the US government in the 1890s, reindeer were part of a… Read More The post Reindeer! appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology.

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  • The Sean Carrolls Explain the Universe
    by John Steele
    Why are we here? Is there life on other planets? The renowned scientists who share a name share their answers to life’s big questions. The post The Sean Carrolls Explain the Universe appeared first on Nautilus.
  • Finding Beauty in the Struggle Between Light and Darkness
    by Jake Currie
    A conversation with artist Deena So'Oteh. The post Finding Beauty in the Struggle Between Light and Darkness appeared first on Nautilus.

New Humanist

  • "We need an expansion of free speech": Q&A with Tomiwa Owolade
    Tomiwa Owolade is a Nigerian-born British journalist and critic. He is author of “This Is Not America” (Atlantic Books). In the last Academic Freedom Index report, the UK came second-lowest compared with EU states. What is happening to free speech on campuses? Many people have a great misunderstanding of what free speech actually looks like. […]
  • Age rebels, unite!
    "Don’t punch down, we always say.” Ian Quaife leans in towards the camera, black and gold sunglasses on top of his shaven head. We’re chatting about the millennial-boomer culture war, where the younger generation is pitted against “well-off” retirees. But 66-year-old Quaife, still working beyond state pension age, sees past this artificial divide. He lists […]

Inside The New Space Race, with Nicholas Schmidle – With Reason

As mainstream space tourism grows ever more likely, New Yorker writer Nicholas Schmidle tells Niki Seth-Smith about life inside the new space race, as explored in his new book 'Test Gods'.  What motivates men like Bezos, Branson and Musk? How does the approach to risk in private business compare with that at NASA? And should we be looking to space at all, with so much unresolved here on planet earth? Plus, Nicholas reflects on fatherhood and masculinity, including the life of his father: a fighter pilot and Top Gun grad. Podcast listeners get a year's subscription to New Humanist magazine for just £13.50 by using the offer code WITHREASON. Subscribe now.**Recorded in August 2021**Further reading: 'Test Gods: Tragedy and Triumph in the New Space Race' (2021), Nicholas Schmidle'The Right Stuff' (1979), Tom Wolfe'In Praise of Astronauts' (2013) Paul Sims for New Humanist magazine
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  • A Ghostbusters Animated Feature Is in the Works
    by Vanessa Armstrong
    I ain’t afraid of no expanding Ghostbusters universe, and neither are the studios behind the franchise. Today, Deadline broke the news that Netflix and Sony Animation are in talks to make an animated Ghostbusters feature. Plot details are unknown, though apparently Kris Pearn, who was a storyboard artist for 2009’s Cloudy With a Chance of […]
  • Second Film in 28 Years Later Trilogy Gets Title & Release Date
    by Vanessa Armstrong
    Did you know they were making not one but three films set in the post-apocalyptic zombie world we first visited in 2002’s 28 Days Later? Well, they are, and we now have the title and release date for the second film. The first feature, 28 Years Later, is set to premiere in theaters on June […]