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Artificial intelligence and the dream of eternal life
| Giovanni TisoThomas S G Farnetti
Until now, eternal life was the stuff of fiction, or in the unknowable realms of religion. But an artificial intelligence that ‘remembers’ the whole of an individual’s experience could be the way to life after death.
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A dispatch from the frontiers of man and machine
| Harry ParkerSteven Pocock
Harry Parker’s life changed overnight when he stepped on a bomb and lost his legs. He argues that being an amputee doesn’t make him an outlier; we are all hybrid.
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Thalidomide survivors in the 21st century
| Ruth BlueHollie Chastain
As thalidomide survivors enter their 60s, they look back on their lives and the legacy of the thalidomide catastrophe.
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Sockets and stumps
| Dr Emily Mayhew
Historian Emily Mayhew has met soldiers who have survived the seemingly unsurvivable. Here, she explores the part prosthetics play in the process of military rehabilitation.