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Are we merely the sum of our neurons?

In Connectome: How the brain's wiring makes us who we are, Sebastian Seung explores the mapping of our circuitry and how much it can tell us about ourselves

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Capturing the heart of the disappearing Arctic

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Power paradox: Clean might not be green forever

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Power paradox: Clean might not be green forever

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Rotblat's pursuit of nuclear peace

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Fracking health risks: Drilling into the unknown

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Fracking health risks: Drilling into the unknown

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The yuck factor explained

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Will the Costa Concordia become an oil-spill disaster?

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Will the Costa Concordia become an oil-spill disaster?

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Painting Fool's portfolio reveals artificial artist

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Painting Fool's portfolio reveals artificial artist

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Art-ificial: The virtual virtuosos redefining creativity

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Art-ificial: The virtual virtuosos redefining creativity

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Take tips from the arts to make robots come alive

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Take tips from the arts to make robots come alive

Actors, animators and dancers are helping to help create expressive automatons

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Go with the flow system

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What will be will be, but what will we be?

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Life's secrets lie in stars and Petri dishes

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Condoms are slowing HIV spread in South Africa

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