Will the First Human on Mars Be a Woman?
When NASA sends humans to the moon for the first time in more than half a century, one lucky astronaut will go down in history for becoming the first woman … Read more
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SCIENCE: Are We Ready for Human/Animal Hybrids?
Some unusual embryos may soon be growing in Japan: those of human-mouse and human-rat hybrids, news sources are reporting. A research group in Japan received approval from a committee in … Read more
FOR READERS/WRITERS: Skoliosexuals, Enbies and Bears, Oh My
FOR BOTH READERS AND WRITERS Today’s topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: I recently came across the term “skoliosexual,” meaning someone attracted to nonbinary (transgender, agender, genderqueer, etc.) partners. … Read more
For Writers: Alien Ace
Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Matthew J. Metzger: For ace: is the tendency of asexual characters to be non-human actually damaging perceptions of asexuality rather than providing positive representation? … Read more
I’m Just a Regular Guy (In a Wolf’s Body)
I’m wrapping up a short story about spaceman and wolf shifters, and one of the things that’s come up during the writing of the story is how wolves (or at … Read more