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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 Resuscitation apparatus.
  • Royal Humane Society: medals of the society
  • Royal Humane Society Receiving House, Hyde Park.
  • Annual Report of the Royal Humane Society
  • Dinner of the Royal Humane Society: Freemason's Hall.
  • Royal Humane Society, c. 1850, by F. Piercy.
  • Stories of the Royal Humane Society / by Frank Mundell.
  • The Royal Humane Society's hut next to the Serpentine, Hyde Park, London. Engraving.
  • Diploma attesting the honorary membership of the Royal Humane Society awarded to Edward Jenner, 1803, signed by J.C. Lettsom and others.
  • Benjamin Howard assisted by Sir E. Sieveking demonstrating artificial respiration on a supine figure at the Royal Humane Society. Wood engraving by T. Robinson, 1878, after C. Robinson.
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