Articles

Writing Technique

• A Simple Way to Create Suspense, Lee Child - [pdf]
• Undergraduate Writing Center Faculty Brochure - [pdf]

Astronomical and Physical Context

• Amid Cosmic Fatigue, Scarcely a Star Is Born, New York Times - [pdf]
• January Is the Cruelest Month, New York Times - [pdf]

Evolution

• Darwin Was Wrong About Dating, New York Times - [pdf]
• African Hunter-Gatherers Are Offshoots of Earliest Human Split, LiveScience.com - [pdf]
• Lamarck and the Missing Lnc, The Scientist Magazine - [pdf]
• How Exercise Could Lead to a Better Brain, New York Times - [pdf]
• Origin of Life Needs a Rethink, Scientists Argue, LiveScience.com - [pdf]
• How Long Do You Want To Live, New York Times - [pdf]
• New Fossils May Redraw Human Ancestry, New York Times - [pdf]
• Oldest Bones from Modern Humans in Asia Discovered, LiveScience.com - [pdf]
• Flat-Faced Early Humans Confirmed—Lived Among Other Human Species, National Geographic - [pdf]
• Riddles of Our Past, New Scientist - [pdf]
• A Bone Here, a Bead There: On the Trail of Human Origins, New York Times - [pdf]
• Bits of Mystery DNA, Far From ‘Junk,’ Play Crucial Role, New York Times - [pdf]

Human Population

• US Birth Rate Hits New Low – A Nation of Singles, John Mauldin - [pdf]
• Men, Who Needs Them?, New York Times - [pdf]
• Are More People Necessarily a Problem?, Science - [pdf]
• The Next Genocide, New York Times - [pdf]

Computers

Robots

• Skilled Work, Without the Worker, New York Times - [pdf]
• Fear Not the Coming of the Robots, New York Times - [pdf]

Current Status and Near Future

• How Science Can Build a Better You, New York Times - [pdf]
• Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds - Summary, National Intelligence Council - [pdf]
• Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds, National Intelligence Council - [pdf]
• It Could Happen One Night, Nature - [pdf]
• Scientific Genius is Extinct, Nature - [pdf]
• Enduring Quests - Daring Visions, NASA-Astrophysics Division Roadmap - [pdf]
• The Rise of Anti-Capitalism, New York Times - [pdf]
• Taking on Adam Smith (and Karl Marx), New York Times - [pdf]
• What Does Today Owe Tomorrow?, New York Times - [pdf]
• Scientists Add Letters to DNA's Alphabet, Raising Hope and Fear, New York Times - [pdf]
• Global scientific output doubles every nine years, Nature - [pdf]
• Silicon Valley Sharknado, New York Times - [pdf]
• Physics in 100 Years, Physics Today - [pdf]

Space Travel

Future

• The Deep Future, New Scientist - [pdf]
• Cambridge, Cabs and Copenhagen: My Route to Existential Risk, New York Times - [pdf]

Consciousness

• Science of Consciousness Conference Is Carnival of the Mind, New York Times - [pdf]