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We have come to associate the term “technocrats” with the kind of unelected and non-political experts that serve in European governments, particularly those responding to…...
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China has a new strategy in fighting crime, ripped from science fiction and hastily pasted at the top of the list of paranoia-inducing concepts. It’s…...
While dinosaur bones do contain some DNA, the bone known as the medullary bone that grows in female dinosaurs during pregnancy will contain a lot…...
As if old age wasn’t scary enough, here comes a new horror: Nadine, the humanoid robot personal care assistant for elderly people. Don’t you love…...
Computer scientists have devised a digital crypto-currency in league with the Bank of England that could pose a devastating threat to large tranches of the…...