{"id":54709,"date":"2025-10-08T17:27:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T15:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T17:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T15:28:07","slug":"at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/","title":{"rendered":"At the Edge \u2013 Dialogues between Science Fiction and Biodiversity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On <strong>Tuesday, 14 October<\/strong>, at 7 p.m., the <strong>Cinema Ariston<\/strong> in <strong>Trieste<\/strong> will host<em> Ai confini &#8211; Dialoghi tra fantascienza e biodiversit\u00e0<\/em> (At the Edge &#8211; Dialogues between Science Fiction and Biodiversity), an event promoted by the <strong>National Biodiversity Future Centre (NBFC)<\/strong> &#8211; the first national research centre on biodiversity funded by the PNRR \u2013 Next Generation EU &#8211; with the aim of bringing together representatives and professionals working in various cultural fields, including <strong>literature<\/strong> and <strong>science<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting is the fourth event in the <em>Intrecci di biodiversit\u00e0<\/em> series organised by NBFC and takes place as part of the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival. It will feature <strong>Dario Tonani<\/strong> &#8211; author of the <em>Mondo9<\/em> saga and <em>Il trentunesimo giorno<\/em> (both published by Mondadori) and winner of several awards including the ESFS Award for best science fiction author &#8211; and <strong>Chiara Anzolini<\/strong>, researcher at the University of Padua, Spoke 7 NBFC communications officer and runner-up in the Gioved\u00ecScienza 2025 National Award. The discussion will be moderated by science journalist <strong>Simona Regina<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The worlds of imagination and reality, despite appearing so distant from each other, frequently intertwine with scientific research influencing the work of writers and vice versa. Science fiction has always engaged in dialogue with representations of the world, nature and science. During the meeting, we will explore how<strong> contemporary research<\/strong> is shaping the writing and representation of the future, and whether there are new ways of imagining tomorrow in light of today&#8217;s scientific discoveries.<\/p>\n<p>The dialogue will be followed by a screening of the film <em>Annihilation<\/em> by director Alex Garland (2018).<\/p>\n<p>The idea stems from a vision and a multidisciplinary approach that NBFC wanted to bring to its <strong>communication<\/strong> initiatives on the theme of biodiversity. Different audiences are involved, in different ways, but with a single common goal: to discuss contemporary research, biodiversity, its impact on the lives of each of us and its relationship with art and literature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, 14 October, at 7 p.m., the Cinema Ariston in Trieste will host Ai confini &#8211; Dialoghi tra fantascienza e biodiversit\u00e0 (At the Edge &#8211; Dialogues between Science Fiction and Biodiversity), an event promoted by the National Biodiversity Future [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[170,633,634],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-54709","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-_featured-en","8":"category-_ok-en","9":"category-2025-en"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>At the Edge \u2013 Dialogues between Science Fiction and Biodiversity - Trieste Science+Fiction Festival<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"At the Edge \u2013 Dialogues between Science Fiction and Biodiversity - Trieste Science+Fiction Festival\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On Tuesday, 14 October, at 7 p.m., the Cinema Ariston in Trieste will host Ai confini &#8211; Dialoghi tra fantascienza e biodiversit\u00e0 (At the Edge &#8211; Dialogues between Science Fiction and Biodiversity), an event promoted by the National Biodiversity Future [&hellip;] More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Trieste Science+Fiction Festival\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-08T15:27:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-17T15:28:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/annientamento.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"La Cappella Underground\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"La Cappella Underground\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"La Cappella Underground\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/#\/schema\/person\/dd5641ab418ba32412ad42a438076f33\"},\"headline\":\"At the Edge \u2013 Dialogues between Science Fiction and Biodiversity\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-08T15:27:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-17T15:28:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/\"},\"wordCount\":324,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sfft.noiza-assets.eu\/sfft\/2025\/10\/annientamento.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"_featured-en\",\"_ok\",\"2025\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/\",\"name\":\"At the Edge \u2013 Dialogues between Science Fiction and Biodiversity - Trieste Science+Fiction Festival\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sfft.noiza-assets.eu\/sfft\/2025\/10\/annientamento.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-08T15:27:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-17T15:28:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/#\/schema\/person\/dd5641ab418ba32412ad42a438076f33\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sfft.noiza-assets.eu\/sfft\/2025\/10\/annientamento.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sfft.noiza-assets.eu\/sfft\/2025\/10\/annientamento.jpeg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"At the Edge \u2013 Dialogues between Science Fiction and Biodiversity\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/\",\"name\":\"Trieste Science+Fiction Festival\",\"description\":\"Festival della Fantascienza di Trieste\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/#\/schema\/person\/dd5641ab418ba32412ad42a438076f33\",\"name\":\"La Cappella Underground\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c8b3724a45449d6429525a7eb849b27bc6facad8936fa1020a57f044f0d235b8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c8b3724a45449d6429525a7eb849b27bc6facad8936fa1020a57f044f0d235b8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"La Cappella Underground\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/author\/splusf\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"At the Edge \u2013 Dialogues between Science Fiction and Biodiversity - Trieste Science+Fiction Festival","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"At the Edge \u2013 Dialogues between Science Fiction and Biodiversity - Trieste Science+Fiction Festival","og_description":"On Tuesday, 14 October, at 7 p.m., the Cinema Ariston in Trieste will host Ai confini &#8211; Dialoghi tra fantascienza e biodiversit\u00e0 (At the Edge &#8211; Dialogues between Science Fiction and Biodiversity), an event promoted by the National Biodiversity Future [&hellip;] More","og_url":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/","og_site_name":"Trieste Science+Fiction Festival","article_published_time":"2025-10-08T15:27:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-10-17T15:28:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/annientamento.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"La Cappella Underground","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"La Cappella Underground","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/"},"author":{"name":"La Cappella Underground","@id":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/#\/schema\/person\/dd5641ab418ba32412ad42a438076f33"},"headline":"At the Edge \u2013 Dialogues between Science Fiction and Biodiversity","datePublished":"2025-10-08T15:27:16+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-17T15:28:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/"},"wordCount":324,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sfft.noiza-assets.eu\/sfft\/2025\/10\/annientamento.jpeg","articleSection":["_featured-en","_ok","2025"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/","url":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/","name":"At the Edge \u2013 Dialogues between Science Fiction and Biodiversity - Trieste Science+Fiction Festival","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sfft.noiza-assets.eu\/sfft\/2025\/10\/annientamento.jpeg","datePublished":"2025-10-08T15:27:16+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-17T15:28:07+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/#\/schema\/person\/dd5641ab418ba32412ad42a438076f33"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sfft.noiza-assets.eu\/sfft\/2025\/10\/annientamento.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sfft.noiza-assets.eu\/sfft\/2025\/10\/annientamento.jpeg","width":1200,"height":630},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/at-the-edge-dialogues-between-science-fiction-and-biodiversity\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"At the Edge \u2013 Dialogues between Science Fiction and Biodiversity"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/","name":"Trieste Science+Fiction Festival","description":"Festival della Fantascienza di Trieste","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/#\/schema\/person\/dd5641ab418ba32412ad42a438076f33","name":"La Cappella Underground","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c8b3724a45449d6429525a7eb849b27bc6facad8936fa1020a57f044f0d235b8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c8b3724a45449d6429525a7eb849b27bc6facad8936fa1020a57f044f0d235b8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"La Cappella Underground"},"url":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/author\/splusf\/"}]}},"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54710,"href":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54709\/revisions\/54710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54709"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=54709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}