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Artificial intelligence and the dream of eternal life
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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Charged bodies
Electrified humans brought education and performance together with a spark in the 18th century.
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Navigating in a connected world
Alex Lee ponders the promising ideas, stalled projects and pricey gadgets that aim to help visually impaired people get out and about. But it seems that an actual human could be the essential ingredient.
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The big freeze
In recent years we’ve come to realise that global heating is our biggest threat. But it’s hard to shake off the fear of a return to ice-age conditions, the predominant narrative since the late 17th century.
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[Royal Humane Society]
Date: 1884Reference: WA/HSW/PE/B.5Part of: Personal papers of Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853-1936)- Books
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Royal Humane Society, instituted 1774.
Royal Humane Society (London, England).Date: 1790?]- Digital Images
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Royal Humane Society Resuscitation apparatus.
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Royal Humane Society Receiving House, Hyde Park.
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Royal Humane Society: medals of the society