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Can Brain Games Make You Smarter?
An increased focus among scientists on neuroplasticity (changes in the brain's biology) has led to a flurry...
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Margaret Atwood and Environmental Dystopia
Margaret Atwood is an icon in utopian and dystopian fiction. Explore the ways she has helped to shape...
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Anthony Burgess, Free Will, and Dystopia
Delve deeper into the central question of free will and how utopian studies respond emotionally and intellectually...
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John Wyndham and Young Adult Dystopia
Published during the wave of anti-communist hysteria of the 1950s, John Wyndham's The Chrysalids is one of...
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Swift, Voltaire, and Utopian Satire
Continue your exploration of the early history of utopia by examining notable works produced during the two centuries...
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Is Your Brain Objective?
Contrary to what you might believe, we don't weight evidence equally before building personal beliefs. Instead, we're beholden to...
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George Orwell and Totalitarian Dystopia
Perhaps the most famous of the three defining dystopias of the early 20th century, George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four...
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Is Your Brain Unprejudiced?
You might not be racist, but your brain likely is. How did neuroscientists come to this startling conclusion? And...
