Worlding SF, SFRA Chapter Austria

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Civilisations have collapsed in the past. And they all thought they weren't going to, until they did." @AaronJohnBastani in conversation with oil rig engineer turned climate scientist, Kevin Anderson. Watch the full episode of Downstream on our YouTube channel.

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Megafire and Other Hauntings | Los Angeles Review of Books Climate disaster in the Colonial Anthropocene and returning ‘good fire’ to California.

Over the past three centuries, belief in extraterrestrial life has had a profound influence on American religion. In Faith in Space, Paul C. Gutjahr examines the key thinkers and religious leaders throughout American history who built faith communities around the notion that we are not alone in the universe, and that the path to spiritual truth leads heavenward to the stars.

Available September 1 (27 October UK pub).

Learn more and preorder your copy today: https://hubs.ly/Q04sPYK50

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This week, we opened the doors to KOSMICA Academy! After fifteen years of KOSMICA, we believe it is time to act. Time to bring culture, art, and critical thinking into the heart of space activities. Time to imagine new futures, new possibilities, and new ways of existing in the Cosmos. That is the work of Space Humanities. And we have created a programme to help shape it. If this resonates with you, we would love for you to join our inaugural cohort. Over nine months, you will learn online with an extraordinary international faculty, gather with us in Berlin, develop your own original project, publish your work, and become part of a growing community. Send us a DM or visit the link in our bio to learn more and read our Substack. Applications close on 30 September 2026. #SpaceCulture #KOSMICA #KOSMICAacademy #SpaceHumanities #SpaceEducation OpenCall Fellowship ArtAndScience Cosmology NonWesternKnowledge SpaceGovernance DecolonizeSpace Berlin CriticalThinking SpacePhilosophy

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Star Trek Fandom & Modern Belief Systems
This study explores how fan communities develop structures and practices that parallel organised religion in the digital age. You are invited because you are 18 or over and have an interest in fan communities.

https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/bham/cf1?fbclid=IwY2xjawTl0exwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMUNWQ0Jrbm15bksyMENRZkVzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEes4fF2C0TdkXDPByltlbKgawXZvNisDuEm3Q-fywyQvMbZI1dAOGUVqFZqqc_aem_5-IdBKi0eDS0aM-qfwM8Kw

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Breaking news: Scientists in the US have for the first time used artificial intelligence to create viruses unknown in nature, a milestone that promises advances in healthcare but also raises important biosafety and biosecurity concerns. https://ft.trib.al/yeXuIbs