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Like two-headed playing cards, Joker stories are about dual identity, doubles and duplicity. Throughout DC comics and films, the Joker turns others into facsimiles...

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Last month, OpenAI came out against a yet-to-be enacted Californian law that aims to set basic safety standards for developers of large artificial intelligence...

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Laying bare our collective deep-lying, half-acknowledged fears and phobias, horror has always been, to quote critic Fredric Jameson, a “socially symbolic” genre. Contemporary horror,...

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Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of course: Science Fiction as Intellectual History What...

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New research published in Science shows that for some people who believe in conspiracy theories, a fact-based conversation with an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot...

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TLDR: Discover the need for a comprehensive national disability strategy in Canada, focusing on inclusivity, justice, and equity for all, based on modern perspectives...

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TLDR: Michael Crichton’s estate is suing Warner Bros. over a new medical drama, claiming it violates his frozen rights to approve sequels and spinoffs...

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While movie premieres and A-list celebrities attract most of the attention at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), the future of film is debated...

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It is difficult to imagine a world of pop culture villains without Darth Vader. The masked and cloaked figure now casts perhaps the longest...

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