The Perfect Storm and Black Swan Theory
The BP oil crisis in the Mexican gulf, deadly heat waves in Russia, earthquakes in Haiti (7.0 Mw) and Chile (8.8 Mw) and
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Existential Threats
Pentagon Looks to Breed Immortal ‘Synthetic Organisms,’ Molecular Kill-Switch Included
The Pentagon’s mad science arm may have come up with its most radical project yet. Darpa is looking to re-write the laws of
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Plans for alien contact found wanting
Enormous satellite dishes make up the search party for extraterrestrial life, but in the event of success, should a welcome party follow? Astronomers
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Security and Privacy Risks with Household Robots
WowWee Rovio Imagine purchasing a new Rovio robot. This wheeled mobile robot sports a webcam and can be accessed easily through the internet.
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Scientists fear a revolt by killer robots
Advances in artificial intelligence promise many benefits, but scientists are privately so worried they may be creating machines which end up outsmarting —
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Humans, not robots, responsible for robotic threat
Who made who? T600 from the movie Terminator Salvation When the legendary science fiction writer Isaac Asimov penned the “Three Laws of Responsible
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Documentary: Anthrax War
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Geoengineering: More Political and Moral Than Scientific?
The prospect of geoengineering continous to spark debate among scientists, environmentalists and politicians. Recently NPR carried an article on the topic: Engineering our
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Military’s killer robots must learn warrior code
Autonomous military robots that will fight future wars must be programmed to live by a strict warrior code or the world risks untold
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Nuclear Deterrence in the Age of Nuclear Terrorism
An attack on one of the great cities of the world is almost inevitable. But with better detection technologies, a new international alliance
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