The Future of Food in the Era of Climate Change

The primary issue is the increasing unpredictability of weather patterns due to climate change. Rising temperatures, altered rainfall patterns, and more frequent extreme weather events threaten traditional farming practices, potentially reducing crop yields and...

Artificial intelligence – the end of us? Probably not. Yet.

2023 has been dominated by ChatGPT and the acceleration in the use and widespread adoption of LLMs.This technology does seem to be set to disrupt all our lives. In The House Next Door series and in The Recoverist Quartet, and in my recent short story An Object...

Synthetic biology – spooky future of life

What is Synthetic Biology? Synthetic biology, a revolutionary field at the intersection of biology and engineering, is reshaping our understanding of life and its potential applications. It involves redesigning organisms for specific purposes by engineering them to...

The Future of Medicine: robots in your blood and other wonders

Medicine features in the House Next Door series, with Mathew’s mother, Hoshi, killed by hacked biobots, minature robots swimming in her blood – this technology and its abuse is definitely more than a possibility. However, so much good is happening in...