Timothy Morton. Barak Shrama/Courtesy of Timothy Morton One ordinary evening in March 2023, while serving spaghetti at the family dinner table, Timothy Morton experienced a road-to-Damascus moment.

We've spoken with Rice University English Professor Timothy Morton before – about the concept of a technological singularity, where technology develops beyond our ability to control it.

A major Halloween party at Rice University took a turn for the worse as seven students were hospitalized for intoxication, and 24 others were medically treated on campus during a party over the ...