Joelle Renstrom

Joelle Renstrom lives in Boston, where she teaches and writes about all things geeky. Her blog, Could This Happen?, explores the relationship between science and science fiction.

Website

Recently by Joelle Renstrom

Showing 1–19 of 19

Doomsday Book Teaches Readers About Pandemics—and About Hope

Joelle Renstrom

Dec 08, 2020 9:00 AM

Why Older People Really Eschew Technology. (It’s Not Because They Don’t Understand It.)

Joelle Renstrom

July 13, 2020 9:00 AM

Is Aging a Disease?

Joelle Renstrom

March 02, 2020 4:19 PM

The Sinister Realities of Google’s Tear-Jerking Super Bowl Commercial

Joelle Renstrom

Feb 03, 2020 6:08 PM

What Would It Mean for Humans to Become Data?

Joelle Renstrom

July 30, 2019 7:30 AM

Hulu’s New Show The First Goes Where Most Space Stories Don’t: Into the Bureaucracy

Joelle Renstrom

Sept 14, 2018 7:30 AM

The U.K. Wants to Become the World Leader in Ethical A.I. What Does That Actually Mean?

Joelle Renstrom

Aug 01, 2018 7:30 AM

The Series Finale of Orphan Black Shows That It Was Never About Cloning

Joelle Renstrom

Aug 13, 2017 9:00 AM

What Should We Do if Aliens Try to Contact Us? Sci-Fi Has Some Wisdom.

Joelle Renstrom

Sept 08, 2016 10:45 AM

Why the Invading Aliens Kill Science in the New Childhood’s End Miniseries

Joelle Renstrom

Dec 14, 2015 7:33 AM

Ex Machina Asks Whether Robots Could Have Feelings—or at Least Fake It

Joelle Renstrom

April 09, 2015 8:00 AM

What Battlestar Galactica Can Teach Us About Prisoners of War

Joelle Renstrom

Sept 30, 2014 7:36 AM

Death Is Wrong, Says Creepy Kids’ Book

Joelle Renstrom

March 14, 2014 8:25 AM

Here’s How to Convince the Public That We Need to Invest in Space Exploration

Joelle Renstrom

Jan 08, 2014 10:41 AM

Isaac Asimov Would Love Pacific Rim’s Robots

Joelle Renstrom

July 11, 2013 10:36 AM

How Farfetched Is the Clone Conspiracy on BBC America’s Orphan Black?

Joelle Renstrom

March 29, 2013 11:21 AM

What Would Aldous Huxley Say About Our Always-Connected Society?

Joelle Renstrom

Jan 09, 2013 12:36 PM

Implanting Memories Like in Total Recall: Could It Happen?

Joelle Renstrom

Aug 08, 2012 10:55 AM

Could the Earth’s Rotation Really Slow Down Like It Does in the New Novel The Age of Miracles?

Joelle Renstrom

June 26, 2012 3:00 PM