August 2008
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The Complete Book of Robots
A comprehensive new robotics handbook raises the question: Will we take these machines into our everyday lives? A Miller-McCune interview of the University of Naples' Bruno Siciliano.
Succor. Succor in the Court.
There's a problem with problem-solving courts: Taxpayers don't understand how well they work.
Pax Americana Geriatrica
An unprecedented era of great-power aging makes it likely the 21st century will, again, be American.
The Complete Book of Robots
A comprehensive new robotics handbook raises the question: Will we take these machines into our everyday lives? A Miller-McCune interview of the University of Naples' Bruno Siciliano.
Succor. Succor in the Court.
There's a problem with problem-solving courts: Taxpayers don't understand how well they work.
Pax Americana Geriatrica
An unprecedented era of great-power aging makes it likely the 21st century will, again, be American.
OK, Maybe Joan Rivers Can Still Use It for Her Headaches ...
A look at some current research that merits a raised eyebrow or a painful grin.
Oprah and the Downfall of American Society
A journalism professor finds a straw woman on daytime TV and, in the name of scholarship, knocks her right down.
- 1 Triumph of the Cyborg Composer
- 2 The Down Side of Self-Control
- 3 Wonking Week: Art, Phosphorus and the Nanny State
- 4 The History of Mardi Gras Beadwhores
- 5 Think on This: Meditation May Protect Your Brain
- 6 The Story of P(ee)
- 7 Unmasking Mardi Gras Deviants
- 8 Simply Rwandan
- 9 Snowmaggedon Backs All Climate Change Views
- 10 The Rational Ruffian: Why Crime Pays


