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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’... |
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| 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
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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
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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
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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 ... |
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| QED: No cynicism, please
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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
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| Recommended:
What makes you different?
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WHAT MAKES ME,
ME?
Robert Winston
Dorling Kindersley; £ 8.99 ... | Read.. |
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Why Corner
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| 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. ... | 
