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Robot assisted doctors create legal questions
The future of robot surgery is becoming mired because the US legal system cannot work out who can be sued if something goes wrong or if doctors are getting enough training on the gear.
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First contact could lead to interstellar war
Many people have assumed that our first contact with an alien race will be peaceful and mutually beneficial. -
Science journalists are full of crap
A review by a professor on behalf of the BBC Trust has looked at the organisation's coverage of science and found it wanting. -
Would you have sex with an arsenic based lifeform?
Strapped for cash organisation NASA claims that research it funded will, er, fundamentally change the shape of biology textbooks to come. -
Halliburton's hydraulic-fracturing will set world on fire
The Dallas / Fort Worth Metroplex contains roughly 6.5 million people. While the name "Metroplex" certainly conjures up images of a vast cyberpunk sprawl, the truth is somewhat less fun.
