Technology
Sci-fi magazine overwhelmed by hundreds of AI-generated stories
Clarkesworld, a science fiction magazine, has banned new story submissions after receiving hundreds of low-quality AI-generated pieces
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Humans
Both boys and girls tend to write stories about boys
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Environment
Weather by Jenny Offill review: A powerful portrait of climate anxiety
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Humans
Seasonal gift ideas for lovers of terrific science reads and top films
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Life
Netflix’s Living With Yourself shows the dangers of perfectionism
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Physics
Russian Doll: To escape the multiverse, think like Einstein
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Environment
The Wall review – A dystopian adventure for the climate change era
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Life
Christmas story: Unauthorized Bread by Cory Doctorow
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Life
The Endless: low budget scifi movie asks high-rent questions
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Humans
Elements of surprise: What fiction plots tell us about our minds
Unexpected aspects of how our minds work are revealed in a fascinating book exploring the stories we tell to entertain ourselves and help us cope
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Humans
Why Le Guin’s science fiction surpasses mere thought experiments
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The Dark Judges from 2000 AD: No Future
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Elf Lands: The new fantasy
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Humans
Science fiction picks sound wedding bells and other alarms
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