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IN TODAY'S PAPER
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CITY NEWSLINES
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WEEKLY FEATURES
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| Robo sapiens |
| Robots have acquired many human attributes, reports Sovon Manna |
| When Isaac Asimov mailed his first story, Robbie ' a simple tale about a wistful robot that worked as a little girl’s nursemaid ' to the journal Astounding Science Fiction in 1939, it was rejected. The sci-fi writer had acrophobia ' fear of air travel, space and aliens. That’... | Read.. |
| Asimo’s many Indian cousins |
| India’s first humanoid robot is waiting for its torso and a name. At the moment, its two legs, two feet, and a hip open at the top, its electroni ... | Read.. |
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| Cosmos and cancer |
| How to produce and probe subatomic particles as well as various isotopes, or various avatars of the same elements, which exist only for a fleeting mom ... | Read.. |
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| The self-taught naturalist |
| The naturalist Gopalchandra Bhattacharya was obsessed with the study of various worms and insects such as the ant, grasshopper, butterfly, termite, sp ... | Read.. |
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| Smarter touch-up |
 Whoever said “the camera never lies” was either a prankster, a simpleton or somebody who had never heard of Photoshop. Adobe Photoshop, of course, is the world’s most popular ... | Read.. |
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| QED: No cynicism, please |
 India’s space programme hasn’t been immune to comments from the sceptics — those among the public as well as better-informed analysts — who, every now and then, have questioned its rationale, activities and benefits. But perhaps it’s time that they go silent ... | Read.. |
| Recommended: What makes you different' |
WHAT MAKES ME, ME'
Robert Winston
Dorling Kindersley; £ 8.99 ... | Read.. |
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Why Corner |
| Why do small mammals have large litters' |
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A couple of years ago when two British doctors tossed the idea of a wonder pill ' a combination of six existing drugs ' as a preventive medicine for everybody over 55 to ward off stroke or heart attack, there was an uproar in the medical world. ... | 
