Future Tense Fiction is a speculative fiction series that uses imagination to explore how science and technology will shape our future.

Artificial intelligence is disrupting the relationships that produce knowledge and transforming it into “content.”

Tina Connolly’s Future Tense Fiction story explores fact-checking, online encyclopedias, and the quest for truth in a polarized world.

Dwaipayan Banerjee's recent book explores how the forces of global politics and capitalism shaped India’s technological revolution.

Universities are not passive recipients of federal research dollars; they pour in substantial resources of their own.

The nation’s experience with digital credentials may be helpful for others seeking to build an identity system that reflects civic values.

How can scientists and research institutions practice reparative science to contribute to social justice and a functional moral community?

Data centers have become tests of whether and how local governments can negotiate the physical terms of the AI economy.

Osahon Ize-Iyamu’s story takes us to an ambitious green housing project, run by a grief-stricken daughter struggling to keep her mother’s vision alive.

How can rapidly expanding cities provide affordable, green housing? To understand the challenges in doing so, look to the capital of Nigeria.

Osahon Ize-Iyamu’s story takes us to an ambitious green housing project, run by a grief-stricken daughter struggling to keep her mother’s vision alive.

Locally focused research investments enable coalitions of scientists and citizens to serve community needs.

In her artwork, Richelle Ellis asks how seeing Earth from above changes the way humans understand life below.

A weekly roundup of Research Data Management resources.

AI oversight is built on benchmarks that fail to capture how models “perform for the test.” A better system would govern through inquiry.

As robots become more common in urban spaces, policymakers can use a diagnostic to find existing and create new tools for governance.

By abandoning estimations of the costs of health benefits from pollution reduction, the EPA questions the future of evidence-based policy.

J. B. Branch reviews a book on how modern technology produces potential risks to privacy and ushers in an age of self-surveillance.

The pressure on US research universities is intense and increasing. How can these institutions adapt and thrive under these circumstances?

Legislators have an opportunity to establish a new balance between democratic accountability and protection from partisan meddling.

The new president of the National Academy of Sciences talks about learning to see as a scientist and communicating science in a noisy information landscape.