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31 May 09
Can you tell the difference between an Israeli and a Palestinian? - Haaretz - Israel News
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The ad was made by Swiss artist Olivier Suter, as part of his project 'Enemies', which focused on the absurd ways people identify "the other".
17 Apr 09
The Body Politic § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM
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But there’s a growing consensus among scientists that the relationship between us and our microbes is much more of a two-way street. With new technologies that allow scientists to better identify and study the organisms that live in and on us, we’ve become aware that bacteria, though tiny, are powerful chemical factories that fundamentally affect how the human body functions. They are not simply random squatters, but organized communities that evolve with us and are passed down from generation to generation. Through research that has blurred the boundary between medical and environmental microbiology, we’re beginning to understand that because the human body constitutes their environment, these microbial communities have been forced to adapt to changes in our diets, health, and lifestyle choices. Yet they, in turn, are also part of our environments, and our bodies have adapted to them. Our dinner guests, it seems, have shaped the very path of human evolution.
23 Jan 09
Tests that show machines closing in on human abilities - tech - 22 January 2009 - New Scientist
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Nowadays, although UK mathematician Alan Turing's test is still relevant, and unbeaten, new forms of it have evolved. In this online special, New Scientist discovers the different ways in which machines can be tested for human-like abilities - and how close they have come to passing as one of us.
01 Nov 08
Mummy, that robot is making faces at me - tech - 29 October 2008 - New Scientist Tech
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Robotics engineers at the University of Bristol, UK, have been grimacing a lot recently, thanks to their copycat robotic head, Jules, which can mimic the facial expressions and lip movements of a human being.
02 May 08
Religion a figment of human imagination - being-human - 28 April 2008 - New Scientist
Religion is a great work of collaboration by human imagination
04 Apr 08
Why the demise of civilisation may be inevitable - being-human - 02 April 2008 - New Scientist
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DOOMSDAY. The end of civilisation. Literature and film abound with tales of plague, famine and wars which ravage the planet, leaving a few survivors scratching out a primitive existence amid the ruins. Every civilisation in history has collapsed, after all. Why should ours be any different?
10 Mar 08
自然不是对手
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与自然的关系，从最初人的无知、迷信和恐惧，到尝试一点点地改造自然，不觉中人类的欲望被一些小的胜利所发酵，从自然界中的弱者摇身变成了自然的征服者，曾几何时“天庭”都为我们“人定胜天”的口号所恐慌。
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