Anna Funder

Those who predict that superintelligence will destroy humanity serve the same interests as those who believe that it will solve all of our problems.

It was one of those nights we wait all year for, the first night where you can go outside without a coat or a sweater. I walked up Lincoln Avenue after an uncommonly good production of Hamlet, and thinking many thoughts about the play. They’d gotten Hamlet right, which is rare enough that I should…

Feminism exposed the ubiquity of child abuse, rape, sexual harassment and domestic violence – and helped fight that culture

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine: Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole by Isabel J. Kim

Dr. Richard Harris, aka ‘Dr. Harry,’ and the Wetmules made the first reported hydrogen (H2) rebreather dive to a depth of 230m/751 ft, in The Pearse Resurgence, New Zealand.

Voice-operated technology can’t cope with non-mainstream varieties of English.

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I’ve never been accused of any crimes, let alone prosecuted. My experience sums-up the draconian plight of non-citizens in the US, says journalist Amandla Thomas-Johnson

The complicated story of James Watson, whose landmark DNA discovery with Francis Crick was later overshadowed by his deeply offensive remarks

Was Zabihollah Mansouri secretly a prolific author?

Twenty years after the first face transplant, patients are dying, data is missing, and the experimental procedure’s future hangs in the balance

The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division

On the importance of a strong inside strategy.

Laudable! Let's take a look at some of the changes that arise from this, through a simple case study: making an international phone call to a relative.

Before abolishing time zones I want to call my Uncle Steve in Melbourne. What time is it there? Google tells me it is currently...

Seven years ago, I took a bet with Charles Murray about whether we’d basically understand the genetics of intelligence by now.