Mythical stories of future doom have been supplanted by scientifically grounded ones, with the complexity of our world-system pushing us closer towards inescapable global collapse.

We explore the history and possible futures of tobacco and nicotine use, drawing on scenarios created by our resident futurists.

A Q&A with Professor of Digital Religions Beth Singler on AI-Jesus, haram LLMs, and a functional Turing Test for divinity.

Suspended between reality and fiction, the emancipatory and the fatal, two conflicting meanings have clung to the word utopia for centuries.

Hope paired with purposeful action enables humans to imagine alternative futures and work their way through tough times.

Most futurists prefer the exploration of scenarios over determinate paths. Some will say prediction is impossible – but is this necessarily true?