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  • FUTURES

Please stay out of the abandoned buildings

Learning by example.
By
  1. Amanda Dier

    1. An emergency dispatcher by day, Amanda Dier has previously been published by Analog Science Fiction & Fact, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and other markets. She lives in Florida with her partner and dog in a carefully curated orchid jungle.

A gloved hand points to a heavily cracked window set in a metal frame that has bloody handprints around it

Illustration: Jacey

Welcome to Utheri Archaeological Park. Please stay out of the abandoned buildings. The deserted cityscape covering the entire lunar surface has many options for exploration, including sprawling stone parks and winding streets. You can even enter the unusually clean sewers beneath the ground; nothing biological has survived.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-03263-6

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