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Is This Virtual Worm the First Sign of the Singularity?

Real C. elegans worms squirming in a laboratory agar plate. The have been genetically modified to express fluorescent proteins (Jesper Pedersen). For all the talk of artificial intelligence and all…
PUBLISHED: May 17, 2013
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3020 words)

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Three climbing superstars attacked by mob of sherpas on Everest at 21,000ft—forced to flee for their lives.

Long-form journalism site Longreads joins The Atlantic's digital network

Longreads and The Atlantic have created a partnership that will feature Longreads content across The Atlantic’s digital properties, the companies announced Friday. Longreads, founded by former…
PUBLISHED: April 5, 2013

Sound advice

It seems a bit daft, wondering how to listen. Sound, after all, enters us involuntarily — the dawn chorus, the car alarm — and there’s only so much we can do to screen it out. If…
SOURCE:Aeon
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2971 words)

Awakening

Linda Campbell was not quite 4 years old when her appendix burst, spilling its bacteria-rich contents throughout her abdomen. She was in severe pain, had a high fever, and wouldn’t stop…
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1760 words)

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If you typed this address yourself, make sure you typed it exactly right. Or if you can, copy the address and paste it into your web browser. Back to Twitter
SOURCE:t.co

Apple, Samsung, Google and the smartphone patent wars - everything you need to know

Google chairman Eric Schmidt: said he "doesn't understand all the details" of the smartphone patent fights. Photograph: Antoine Antoniol/Getty Images Following Eric Schmidt's remark to Kara Swisher…
PUBLISHED: Oct. 22, 2012
LENGTH: 33 minutes (8407 words)

The Birth of Bond

Fifty years ago, at the dawn of the commercial-jet age, James Bond strode into movie history, to show audiences how stylish and thrilling life could be. But creating the cinematic Bond was fraught…
AUTHOR:David Kamp
PUBLISHED: Oct. 1, 2012
LENGTH: 27 minutes (6802 words)

Armando Iannucci v Andrew Rawnsley

Face to face: satirist and journalist debate the state of British politics. Photograph: Suki Dhanda for the Observer Armando Iannucci has a confession to make. "The thing is, I don't despise them,"…
PUBLISHED: Sept. 2, 2012
LENGTH: 13 minutes (3444 words)
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