But there’s still publishing gold in them thar clouds.
Science, Tech, Environment
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Artificial Love
Would it be possible to fall in love with an artificial intelligence? A new film seems to say yes.
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How Long Do You Want to Live?
Turns out that for most people, the answer is, not any longer than they expect to.
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Burgers from the Future
The first lab-grown meat has arrived. It’s got a way to go.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Cuddly Robots to Make Life in the Nursing Home Tolerable
Turns out that even a glorified stuffed animal, if it gives us a little interactivity, can make us feel better.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Highway Robbery for High-Speed Internet
Our broadband is getting faster, but we’re paying through the nose for it.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
If Pot Becomes Legal
What will become of its secretive California hometown?
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David Brooks and the Anti-Neuroscience Backlash
Brooks uses the limits of current scientific knowledge to make a metaphysical case without calling it that.
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Nothing to Hide, Much to Fear
Why the NSA’s data dragnet is far more menacing than invasion of privacy
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A Quiet Blockbuster
It wasn’t one of the civil-rights cases activists were clamoring for, but AMP v. Myriad Genetics may prove to to be one of this Supreme Court term’s most consequential rulings.
