Tag: humans
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Old problems, new problems, the need for love…
A newly deciphered letter home dating back around 1,800 years reveals the pleas of a young Egyptian soldier named Aurelius Polion who was serving, probably as a volunteer, in a Roman legion in Europe. In the letter, written mainly in Greek, Polion tells his family that he is desperate to hear from them and that…
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Meteorites and the true evidence for life…
The discovery of tiny carbon-rich balls and tunnels inside a Martian meteorite has once again raised the possibility that the Red Planet was teeming with primitive life millions of years ago. The meteorite, which fell to Earth during the Stone Age, contains microscopic burrows and spheres that resemble the marks microorganisms leave when they eat…
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What is really important. Nobel prizes. Women…
We believe they are lucky. (1) But we do not see how miserable they really are. Perhaps the best trick of them all, is that unhappy miserable people with money and glory have convinced “common” people that they are better and happier than them. But happiness does not come with glory or money. Happiness comes…
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Get extinct… In an elegant way!
Mammoths were extinct because some wild flowers went extinct. (1) You may think of mammoths and rinos as anything BUT elegant. You may believe that animals are… animals. But some giants eat flowers. Think of that while you are eating… burgers? How rude. At least one can say mammoths were killed because of flowers. When…
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Robots test their own world wide web, dubbed RoboEarth.
RoboEarth. Human Earth! A world wide web for robots to learn from each other and share information is being shown off for the first time. Scientists behind RoboEarth will put it through its paces at Eindhoven University in a mocked-up hospital room. Four robots will use the system to complete a series of tasks, including serving…
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