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Solutions for Curbing the Shadow Government

The world is a dangerous place: Threats from terrorism, chemical weapons or all out nuclear warfare. Natural disasters like hurricanes or tsunamis could wipe out whole cities. And with the click of a few buttons, our cyber security could be greatly compromised. These doomsday scenarios are thought about a lot in Washington, D.C.–who would step […]

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Neil Harbisson, Cyborg

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Podcast: Soft Robots Take Cues from Nature

Neil Harbisson, Cyborg

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Cyborg Society

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For Broadway’s ‘Spider-Man,’ the Show Must Go On…Or Must It?

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The Broadway production of “Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark,” saw another crisis on Monday night, as one of its actors fell over 20 feet, severely injuring himself. This is the fourth performer to be hurt since September. David Cote, theater editor for Time Out: New York, says he has never seen anything like this. “This […]

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Terminator Salvation: Our Romance with Robots

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Terminator Salvation, the fourth installment of the Terminator franchise, hits theaters today. For a reality check on human-robot relations, we are joined by MIT professor Sherry Turkle.