Topic: Isaac Asimov
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The Monitor's View: Shaping the world of 2030
A US intelligence report to the president on global trends to the year 2030 is generally upbeat. But like any futuristic study, its foresight needs hindsight in the reading.
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Readers Write: Can we teach robots to think ethically?
Letters to the Editor for the October 8, 2012 weekly print issue: When we create artificial intelligence, will we create artificial 'ethicators,' too? The potential for 'cognitive decision-making skills' in computers is both challenging and exciting.
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The Vote
Newt Gingrich biggest geek in GOP primary race, says Scientific AmericanNewt Gingrich – also known as 'Newt Skywalker' – topped the Scientific American ranking of six GOP candidates. Ron Paul came in third.
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Chapter & Verse
Farewell, Borders – lights outA journalist examines her grief over the disappearance of Borders.
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The Monitor's View: Defining intelligence in the Watson computer on Jeopardy!
The IBM computer Watson, appearing on Jeopardy! this week, may defeat the human players. But humanity is the real winner by gaining a better understanding of what real intelligence is.
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Milky Way 'bubbles' baffle astronomers searching for dark matter
A team of scientists, using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, says a pair of puzzling bubbles gets in the way of their quest to search for dark matter at the core of the Milky Way.
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Opinion: Jon Stewart and a question of 'Sanity': why a comedian is now liberals' No. 1 hero
As the 'Rally to Restore Sanity' shows, America's liberals are increasingly turning to Jon Stewart as their most inspirational figure. Part of the reason is President Obama's declining political fortunes, but ultimately it is the left’s desire for civility that has turned a comedian into a political star.
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Channeling my inner Hemingway – or not
'I Write Like,' a hot new website, purports to tell visitors which bestselling authors' work their prose most resembles.
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In Pictures: Apple's iCandy
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Growthology
Anticipating Paul Krugman: Early thoughts on his recent profile in the New YorkerPaul Krugman is profiled in this week's issue of the New Yorker.
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Robotic exoskeletons: Suited for superhuman power
Exoskeletons – or wearable robots – strengthen soldiers and mobilize the disabled.
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Tech-word origins: stranger than science
A lexicographer describes where science fiction struck first.
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Chapter & Verse
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Arthur C. Clarke: an inventor of the world as we know it today
His imagination helped shape a vision of the future for millions of American readers.
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