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  • Features Posted on 17.06.19
    Art, the Anthropocene, and the grim, dark future of Warhammer 40K

    Gaming offers an imaginative space in which new worlds may be conceived or old worlds replicated. In light of the Christchurch shooting, many are examining video games and related subcultures to understand how the alt-right appropriates specific imagery, breeding ideology online. Tom Jeffreys, instead, looks at how contemporary artists re-appropriate this same material, specifically from Warhammer 40K, in order to potentialise freer, queerer futures.

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    By Tom Jeffreys

  • Features Posted on 30.11.18
    Creative AIs and Law: Copyright Protection

    With the field of AI developing by leaps and bounds, what legal rights are granted to autonomous non-human beings? In her new series, Giulia Trojano considers the present and future legality of AI. Her investigation begins by examining content produced by creative AIs in light of existing and potential copyright protection.

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    By Giulia Trojano

  • Features Posted on 28.09.18
    The Question of Human Genetic Engineering: The Future

    The field of human genetic engineering is on the brink of changing the world. But how did it get to this point, and what does the future hold? This week we are publishing the final part of the series, which considers new developments in genetic engineering in relation to ethics and bio-capitalism. Chatterjee's central question is not how this new biotechnology will be used, but how will it be regulated? With private companies and biohackers alike pushing for deregulation, albeit on different grounds, Chatterjee's urgent calls for governmental regulation of genetic engineering suggest that the fight for the future is already here.

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    By Allegra Chatterjee

  • Features Posted on 10.08.18
    The Question of Human Genetic Engineering: Present Capabilities

    The field of human genetic engineering is on the brink of changing the world. But how did it get to this point, and what does the future hold? In her new series, Allegra Chatterjee delves into the past, present and future of genetic engineering. Part 2 explores the present capabilities of genetic engineering, and how it can be applied to human beings.

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    By Allegra Chatterjee

  • Features Posted on 15.06.18
    Quantum Computers: Part 3, Winter is Coming

    Quantum computers have the potential to fundamentally change digital technology and therefore the ways in which we solve problems, interact and do business. In her series for Roman Road Journal, science writer Gemma Milne looks into how quantum computers work and how they might change our lives. In Part 3, she explores the possibility that we're looking at a quantum computing bubble and possible concerns about the field's future.

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    By Gemma Milne

  • Portrait Posted on 29.05.18
    INTERVIEW with Emily Witt: Future Sex

    Emily Witt is a journalist who published her first full-length book, Future Sex: A New Kind of Free Love, in 2017. When Emily Witt found herself single and in her thirties, she decided to investigate the status of sex and sexuality in contemporary society. Taking herself to San Francisco, she participated in orgasmic meditation and the filming of a graphic pornographic sex scene, as well as delving into the depths of the internet. Roman Road Journal took the opportunity to ask her a few questions about what she learnt along the way.

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    By RRJ Editorial

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