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Faced with events that transcend borders, science fiction novels contend with interconnectedness around and beyond Earth. (Shutterstock)

July 19, 2020

Science fiction explores the interconnectedness revealed by the coronavirus pandemic

Mayurika Chakravorty, Carleton University

Science fiction novels have long addressed events — including disease and alien invasion — that reflect issues of global concern, much like the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Amy Adams in Arrival. Paramount Pictures

June 13, 2017

Language alters our experience of time

Panos Athanasopoulos, Lancaster University

Learning languages rewires the brain and changes how we perceive time.

Amy Adams and the weird pods. Paramount Pictures

November 11, 2016

Arrival review: first‑contact film finds new way to explore the ‘otherness’ of aliens

Emily Alder, Edinburgh Napier University

New sci-fi movie has a fascinating approach to an old question.

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Emily Alder
Lecturer in Literature and Culture, Edinburgh Napier University
Panos Athanasopoulos
Professor of Linguistics and English Language, Lund University
Mayurika Chakravorty
Instructor, Department of English and Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies (Childhood and Youth Studies), Carleton University

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