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Why Aren’t We Teaching Math for the Real World?

Math is still important, but we have the priorities wrong in the current framework.
Steven Johnson
9 min read

Why Nuclear Energy Isn’t Getting Safer

New reactors became less common after disasters like Chernobyl–with the side effect of also slowing research into new reactor designs.
Duncan Geere
11 min read

Sculpting Space for Afro-Futurism as a Methodology of Liberation

An interview with D. Denenge Akpem.
Florence Okoye
12 min read

Realizing an Afrofuturist Africa

Technology companies across the continent are turning academic theory into practical products and services.
Florence Okoye
6 min read

The Healing Is in the Art

An interview with digital artist Tabita Rezaire.
Florence Okoye
7 min read

Warping the Mainframe With Digital Alchemy

An interview with Moya Bailey.
Florence Okoye
8 min read

A Black Female Engineer & Her Afrofuturist City

To change the world, build it differently.
Natalie-Claire Luwisha
5 min read

Musicians: The Robots Are Coming for Your Jobs

The question isn't whether robots can do what humans do–it's about what we value about creativity.
Duncan Geere
5 min read

Bots Will Choose Your Music in 2030

The new ubiquity of streaming–from the cloud to your head.
David Emery
6 min read

Running Toward a New Community

Fixing social isolation and getting people fit at the same time.
Simon Hazelwood-Smith
2 min read