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RISK AND SACRAMENT: BEING HUMAN IN A COVID‐19 WORLD
Zygon, 2020 In this article we examine the changing relationship to risk as revealed by the covid‐19 pandemic and the ways this has, and may in future, alter sacramental practice, considering the radical effects this could have on traditional Christian practice. We
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A matter of Matter. The Unmaking of Microscopic Bonds in Transnational Space.
Artnodes, 2020 Over the last decades, new architectures and infrastructures for containing and artificially reproducing the conditions at the very beginning of the Universe have surfaced across the world: a synthetic replica of the early Universe on Earth.
Blanca Pujals
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Alignment of the Starlings: Learning With Generative AI
Future Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 1, May 2026.ABSTRACT I will argue that answers to normative questions concerning the place of generative AI in learning rest on answers to ontological questions regarding (1) precisely what is happening when a human ‘interacts’ with generative AI and (2) What is distinctive about organic learning as opposed to currently existing ‘machine learning’ (3) What is the ...
Sean Watson
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Futures of Everyday Life: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Future Personas in Scenarios
FUTURES &FORESIGHT SCIENCE, Volume 8, Issue 1, April 2026.ABSTRACT Scenario reports, holding a long‐standing tradition in foresight and futures studies, act as an essential document for organizations to prepare for possible, plausible, and alternative futures. Focusing on descriptions and representations of everyday life, we examined 29 future persona narratives from six publications—covering a wide field ...
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Multifunctional Sweat Sensors Using Semiconductor Fibers Based on Two‐Dimensional Nanomaterials
Small Structures, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2026.This research presents a multifunctional wearable platform utilizing semiconducting molybdenum disulfide (MoS2)/polylactic acid (PLA) composite fibers for continuous health monitoring. The fiber‐based architecture enables spontaneous sweat collection via capillary action and maintains a stable thermodynamic microenvironment.
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Small Structures, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2026.Multifunctional Sweat Sensors Semiconducting MoS2/PLA composite fibers enable textile‐integrated, multifunctional sweat sensing. The wearable platform leverages capillary‐driven collection, thermal insulation, and electrostatic charge‐trapping mechanisms to selectively detect key biomarkers while monitoring motion.
Jun Hyun Park +10 more
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Entropy’s Enemies: Postmodern Fission and Transhuman Fusion in the Post-War Era
Humanities, 2020 In the early to mid-twentieth century, thermodynamic entropy—the inevitable diffusion of usable energy in the Universe—became a ubiquitous metaphor for the dissolution of Western values and cultural energy.
Jordan Burr
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 150-166, March 2026.This article examines how emerging generative AI technologies in Europe and North America are being used to reanimate the dead, prompting users to define the ‘edges’ of self and personhood through coding practices. These technologies invite new engagements with fundamental questions of relatedness and the construction of the self, challenging and ...
Jennifer Cearns
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The Posthuman that Could Have Been: Mary Shelley’s Creature
Relations, 2016 At the very core of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the Creature meets his maker, acquaints him – and, consequently, the reader – with the narrative of his miserable life, and entreats him to make a female companion with whom he can share his life. Although
Margarita Carretero González
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AMARTYA SEN'S CAPABILITIES APPROACH: RESISTANCE AND TRANSFORMATIVE POWER IN THE AGE OF TRANSHUMANISM
Zygon, 2021 Although the development of transhuman technologies has the potential to radically improve the quality of human life, transhumanism risks widening existing socio‐economic disparity. A side effect of innovative advance in AI (artificial intelligence) and
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