AI and Robotics
- The Australian Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society published an interesting paper on the ethics of creating artificial life which asks whether Cyber Gods are creating Moral Monsters.
- The New York Times profiles Daphne Koller, a Stanford scientist Pursuing the Next Level of Artificial Intelligence.
Astronomy and Space
- NASA has posted a photo of a Sunset on Mars on their Image of the Day Gallery.
- Open the Future takes a moment to Ponder the Fermi Paradox.
Biology
- List Universe has compiled a list of the Top 10 Extinct Creatures That Aren’t Extinct.
- Paleontologist Jack Horner tells us dinosaurs weren’t really earth-toned. Next we’ll hear that Raptors can’t really open doors.
- Scientists can tell our native language by scanning brains. The first application? Checking to see if terrorist detainees can understand the questions they’re being asked.
- You can rest easy. After year of work, geneticists assure us that The Sheep Fart Gene Has Been Mapped.
General
- The Bizzare has posted a gallery of 10 Awesome Must See Electron Micrograph Images.
- The List Universe has compiled a list of the Top 10 Scientists Killed or Injured by Their Experiments, but the omit Newton, who did, after all, develop a nasty lump…
- Scientific American has posted a gallery of Snowflakes that Reveal Nature’s Symmetry.
Psychology
- The Science Blog reveal that Bikini-Clad Women Make Men Impatient.
Technology
- Environmentally Friendly Bombs Planned… This sounds like something out of a Kurt Vonnegut book…
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