If humans don't finish it, when will the world actually end? - BBC Science Focus Magazine

It’s not just your yoghurt, even planet Earth has an expiry date.

The Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas Ligotti

Forty years later: The status of the “Big Five” mass extinctions, Cambridge Prisms: Extinction

New issue: First Contact - BBC Science Focus Magazine

Scientists Say They're Now Actively Trying to Build Conscious Robots : r/Futurology

Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention- and How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari

Life After Man - BBC Science Focus Magazine

The End of October: A novel by Wright, Lawrence

A.I. Is Mastering Language. Should We Trust What It Says? - The New York Times

Our Civilization Is Hitting A Dead End Because This Is the Age of Extinction. The Numbers Are Startling. Extinction's Here, And It's Ripping Our World Apart. : r/Futurology

The medical power of hypnosis

Can We Build a Politics of Hope?

A Visit to Ghibli Park, a Miyazaki Theme Park - The New York Times

New issue: The hunt for ultramassive black holes - BBC Science Focus Magazine