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Mon Jun 30 2025 | "Wacko hippie-Mormon" couple imprisoned for not injecting their child with poison
Fri Jun 27 2025 | Award-winning fantasy writer: "I don't actually enjoy writing"
Wed Jun 25 2025 | University of Tokyo Pharmaceutical Science Professor says that "the more doses you get, the sooner you’re likely to die"
Tue Jun 24 2025 | How to spot AI writing
Mon Jun 23 2025 | So much for the proud peacemaker...
Fri Jun 20 2025 | Photos from our harrowing adventure at Castle Helmond
Wed Jun 18 2025 | Xanax (The Galactic Overlord), Zoloft (The Dark Sorcerer) and NexSpike (The Inquisitor)
Mon Jun 16 2025 | From Ancient Rome to the Moderna Vax: The Sinister Sounding mNEXSPIKE
Fri Jun 13 2025 | A post-apocalyptic story about a farmer, a robot and... a polar bear?
Wed Jun 11 2025 | "It's not rising sea levels, but raised anxiety that we need to worry about"
Tue Jun 10 2025 | Why sci-fi plays such a big role in exposing oppression
Mon Jun 9 2025 | 6 countries that have produced the most sci-fi stories are also the most imperialistic, says University of London professor
Sun Jun 8 2025 | "The emperor wears no clothes and goes to the spa religiously"
Sat Jun 7 2025 | Australia releases its long-awaited vaccination analysis as part of an investigation into why so many more Aussies have been dying since the mRNA rollout
Thu Jun 5 2025 | What in darnations does "cyberpunk" mean?
Wed Jun 4 2025 | Claude AI spooked me out here...
Tue Jun 3 2025 | Lifelong dream realized: My lastest novel appears in Locus Magazine
Sun Jun 1 2025 | One brave baker, a "14-day" lockdown and the ghost of Henry David Thoreau