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As global warming continues and space technology improves, there is more and more talk about the growing possibility of a sci-fi future in which humans become a multiplanetary species. Specifically, ...

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Will AI need a body to come close to human-like intelligence? But these aren’t just speculative questions anymore. Roboticists today are wrestling with the question of whether artificial intelligence ...

Imagine standing on the red, dusty plains of Mars, gazing at the horizon where the pale sun glows faintly through an almost transparent sky. It’s an incredible image, isn’t it? But now, picture doing ...