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Robotics is already changing how we live, shop, invest, travel, and soon, robo-caregivers will transform how we provide care. AI will deliver extraordinarily innovative services in support of our loved ones, but the use of robots to care for our children, elderly and disabled will also give rise to some very human questions.
Nietzsche loved aphorisms, and here we have collected 15 of his greatest hits.
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AI might be coming for many of the jobs in the future. But not this kind, and not ever. Here's why.
Another week, another selection of the wittiest and most chin-strokingly interesting comments from our Facebook audience.
Scientists solve the mystery of an ancient Babylonian tablet, rewriting history. They think the tablet has much to teach us.
In this radical view, the universe is a giant supercomputer processing particles as bits.
A new study reveals a worldwide moral prejudice against atheists.
Albert Einstein's famous thought experiments led to groundbreaking ideas.
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Your brain doesn't have a watch. It doesn't know hours or minutes—but it does understand cause and effect. And it uses this in a way to figure out time.
When matter falls in, black holes grow. But Hawking radiation says that black holes decay. Who wins? “Maybe that is our mistake: maybe there are no particle positions and velocities, but […]
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As a young man, Bryan Cranston spent almost two years traveling the country and figuring out what he wanted to do. It helped shape who his is more than any other time in his life.
New research brings nuance to the concept of being nice by illuminating the personality traits that underlie it, dividing the quality into two related but distinct components.
Did ExxonMobil Engage in a Climate Change Cover Up? Harvard Researchers Uncover A Shocking Discovery
The world’s largest oil and gas company may be its own worst enemy.
Scientists from the department of NanoEngineering at the University of California San Diego were able to successfully use chemically-powered micromotors to deliver antibiotics in the gut of a mouse and […]
More than 90% of the eclipses to ever happen on Earth have already occurred. Don’t miss the next one! “We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded […]
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Elitism has come under fire since the recent wave of populist politics. But when we don't listen to experts, we end up listening to politicians' lies, says Richard Dawkins.
Religiosity can lead to intolerance for outside groups. Luckily, there are counterweights to this.
As more and more Millennials join the modern workforce, businesses are being faced with a new challenge: finding ways to integrate their young Millennial workers with their older, more experienced […]
The pulsar map to Earth was perfect when it was launched. By time aliens get it, it’ll be completely useless. “We [are] a species endowed with hope and perseverance, at […]