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So, You Wanna Be an Android?
Inside the evolution movement that wants machines to replace people.
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The Remarkable Properties of Mythological Social Networks
The social network between characters in Homer’s Odyssey is remarkably similar to real social networks today. That suggests the story is based, at least in part, on real events, say researchers
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Laser Scanning Reveals New Parts of an Ancient Cambodian City
LIDAR technology continues to reveal archeological evidence of urbanization
Materials Scientists Build Chlorophyll-Based Phototransistor
Coat a layer of graphene with chlorophyll and you get a remarkably sensitive light-activated switch, say physicists.
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Green Chemists Synthesise Vanillin From Sawdust
An environmentally-friendly way of making vanillin from the lignin in wood pulp could change the economics of this flavouring industry
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Building the Business Case for Energy Storage
A novel software tool could make it far easier to bring new energy storage technologies to market.
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Music Festivals, Bluetooth Monitoring and the Behavior of Crowds
The unexpected behaviour of crowds at one of Europe’s largest music festivals should help organisers plan future events, say researchers
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What Carbon Capture Can’t Do
New tech will lower the cost of carbon capture, but the sheer scale needed to reduce emissions prevent it from being a panacea.
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Seven Must-Read Stories (Week Ending June 14, 2013)
Another chance to catch the most interesting, and important, articles from the previous week on MIT Technology Review.
Other Interesting arXiv Papers (Week Ending 15 June 2013)
The best of the rest from the Physics arXiv preprint server
