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The Formerly Middle Class

(http://www.nytimes.com) - scanned by: GavinChua 1 day ago
Nice but worrisome Op-Ed by NYT's David Brooks: "This recession will probably have its own social profile. In particular, it’s likely to produce a new social group: the formerly middle class. These are people who achieved middle-class status ... More>>>
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Is it adultery if it happens in a virtual world?

(http://www.thestandard.com) - scanned by: Mielle Sullivan 7 days ago
Taylor found Pollard online with his avatar "cuddling" with another avatar, and says he confessed that he'd been spending time in-world with someone else, and wanted to end their marriage. More>>>
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Scientists Find Chemical In The Brain Linked To...

(http://www.redorbit.com) - scanned by: Mielle Sullivan about 1 month ago
Scientists said on Wednesday they have pinpointed a key brain chemical involved in dealing with the sudden loss or long-term separation of a partner. More>>>
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Twittering from The Cradle

(http://www.nytimes.com) - scanned by: cleopatra 2 months ago
Parents giving toddlers online identities - before they can even mutter 'mum'. What will *this* future look like? More>>>
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Future of Birth Control Could Have Added Health...

(http://www.medicinenet.com) - scanned by: Mielle Sullivan 3 months ago
The next generation of birth control pills may also help prevent cancer, protect against STDs, and even extend a woman's fertility. More>>>
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Stem-Cell Treatments for Pets

(http://www.time.com) - scanned by: I Told Ya 4 months ago
The cells were shipped back the next day, and Mitchener injected them into Blue's failing hip, where they adapted and developed into the healthy cartilage and tendon cells the animal needed. Within 36 hours, Waters says, "Blue was moving well... More>>>
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Google unveils its long-awaited virtual world tech

(http://venturebeat.com) - scanned by: dvorak 4 months ago
With the internet giant joining into the virtual world business in the likes of the popular SecondLife, perhaps now we finally have a major leap forward in having a mainstream virtual world soon for all of us to dive into. More>>>
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For Better or Worst, Sex in Space Is Inevitable

(http://www.livescience.com) - scanned by: jcchan 4 months ago
With manned space flights being sent up daily, scientists admit that sex in space is inevitable. NASA doesn't have set rules yet regarding sexual activity on a mission, but with eventual 3 year space missions to Mars, who can resist? More>>>
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Would you have Sex with a Robot?

(http://www.badoozie.com) - scanned by: dvorak 4 months ago
Badoozie takes a humorous look at the possibility of sex with robots programmed to love and be great in bed. Would a Paris Hilton or your favorite celebrity look-a-like bot be an ideal lover? More>>>
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Laughter May Outlive Humans—and Even Numbers

(http://discovermagazine.com) - scanned by: Austra Zubkovs 4 months ago
Computers and nanotechnology, impressive though they are, are things of relatively recent origin. As such, they are unlikely to be around for very long. To find something that will pretty certainly endure into the distant future, we are obliged... More>>>
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Robots to Become Lovers, Predict Researchers

(http://dsc.discovery.com) - scanned by: Austra Zubkovs 5 months ago
Robots may fill a lover's role for those who otherwise can't get no satisfaction. And they do not mean simply, mechanical sex. "I am talking about loving relationships about 40 years from now," David Levy, author of the book "Love +... More>>>
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Avatars and AI

(http://www.memebox.com) - posted by: randalc 5 months ago
Recently Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute created an artificial intelligence program to run within the platform of Second Life. The researchers are studying the interactions that occur with real people through their avatars. The RPI students crea... More>>>
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