Welcome to OnlySky
Journey into a future shaped by creativity, critical thought, and secular habits of mind. Help shape what’s next!
When we abolished borders
After a while, it was hard to remember why we'd drawn the lines to begin with.
God and the future of secularism
Does secularism have room for elements of human life traditionally associated with God?
Biophysicist: Society will 'eventually accept' designer babies
"Why wait 100,000 years for natural selection to do its job?"
How A.I. is wrecking the online experience
Our shiny new toy is solving exactly the wrong problem.
How much should we worry about asteroids?
Astronomers have found an estimated 40% of the near-Earth asteroids that are 140 m and larger. You do the math.
You think weather forecasting is bad now? Welcome to 2070
It's not just the size of the storms that future generations will deal with. It's the terrifying unpredictability.
Leave out your dead: The coming demise of the dirt nap
Once the default, traditional burials will likely be viewed by future generations as a weird, wasteful choice
‘Station Eleven’: From this day to the ending of the world
A thoughtful piece of art that could have been so much greater.
The climate crisis is not just a future problem. It's here now
Disaster specialist: 'We can't continue to approach disaster preparedness with resources and thinking from a world that had more time'
The future is a prisoner's dilemma
Our future is increasingly made worse by a refusal to cooperate.
Literally building the future: Infrastructure as an act of secular love
When we fix a bridge or give someone better healthcare, we’re saying that this life and this world are worth protecting.
Was I always going to write this?
It's one of the biggest and least consequential questions we can ask.
