Should robots have rights?
As robots gain citizenship and potential personhood in parts of the world, it's appropriate to consider whether they should also have rights.
Robotics
Dec 8, 2017
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Scientists watch diamond turn into graphite
In a surprising achievement, a team of scientists has turned diamond into graphite, using an X-ray laser. What may seem undesirable at first glance, is a decisive step forward in understanding the fundamental behaviour of ...
Condensed Matter
Dec 8, 2017
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Jellyfish have superpowers – and other reasons they don't deserve their bad reputation
People rarely enjoy meeting a jellyfish. On the beach they appear limp, amorphous, and blistered in the sun. In the water it's often a brush of a tentacle on exposed skin followed by a sting. They hardly evoke the serene ...
Ecology
Dec 8, 2017
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Neutron diffraction experiments of materials with structures comprising multiple metal elements
Materials containing multiple metal elements are important for various applications as the combination of different metal cations provides new or enhanced properties, which cannot be obtained through the use of just one metal. ...
Materials Science
Dec 8, 2017
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Liquefied gas proving to be a natural for energy firms
The world's energy companies are being increasingly enticed by liquefied natural gas, thanks to an expected rise in global demand and the fuel's flexibility when compared to costly, long-term pipeline projects.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 8, 2017
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Militias, poachers wreak havoc on central Africa's wildlife: monitor
Sudan's Janjaweed, Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army and other notorious militias are wreaking havoc on wildlife in central Africa, poaching and trafficking elephants, hippopotamuses, buffaloes and other animals, a monitor ...
Ecology
Dec 8, 2017
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What's physics after the Higgs boson?
Aalto University doctoral student Juska Pekkanen is part of a group working with the highest collision energies ever achieved.
General Physics
Dec 8, 2017
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Pouring cold water on energy myths
Fixated on those all-important energy ratings when buying a washing machine or dishwasher?
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 8, 2017
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Music streaming giants Spotify, Tencent invest in each other
Swedish music streaming service Spotify and Chinese internet company Tencent have struck a deal to take minority stakes in each other.
Business
Dec 8, 2017
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Marine organisms can shred a plastic bag into 1.75 million pieces, study shows
A single plastic carrier bag could be shredded by marine organisms into around 1.75million microscopic fragments, according to new research.
Environment
Dec 8, 2017
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