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Tag Archives: slate
Pacific Rim’s Jaegers Reflect a Departure from Hollywood Norms
In addition to the question of whether it’s possible to create mecha robots, my Slate piece addresses a cultural “could this happen?” question–namely, could we accept robots as companions rather than competitors?
Posted in Could this Happen?
Tagged androids, anime, Asimov, Hollywood, jaeger, Japan, jobs, love plus, mecha, pacific rim, replacement, robots, slate
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Which One of these Girls is Not Like the Others?
Since we can’t make the day longer, other than by adding leap seconds here and there, cloning ourselves would seem like the next best thing…unless it’s not. Find out about recent advances in human cloning by reading my article on … Continue reading
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Tagged clone, cloning, DNA, Dolly, embryo, ethics, orphan black, reproductive cloning, slate, stem cells, therapeutic cloning, transplants
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Slow and Unsteady Kills the Race
Could the earth’s rotation really slow down like it does in the new novel The Age of Miracles? Find out by reading my “could this happen” post on Slate .
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Tagged " karen walker, "age of miracles, deceleration, earth's rotation, future tense, gravity, karen thompson walker, leap second, mass, post glacial rebound, radiation, slate, tidal bulges
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