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	60 billion planets in Milky Way could hold life | Talking robot to blast into space for experiment in human/robot conversation
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	We want to be surprised, CERN scientist says The Large Hadron Collider is currently undergoing some major upgrading, which will bring scientists closer than ever before to the secrets of the universe when the particle accelerator is up and running again in 2015. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology Preparing Your Infrastructure for the Hyperconvergence Era From cloud computing and virtualization to mobility and unified communications, an array of innovative technologies is transforming today's data centers. And along the way, they're also flooding corporate networks with enormous new torrents of traffic. Read Now In this Issue 60 billion planets in Milky Way could hold life Talking robot to blast into space for experiment in human/robot conversation Joyce Carpenter: Controlling cockroach neurons -- there's an app for that 60 billion planets in Milky Way could hold life Scientists from around the world have been scanning the heavens for other habitable planets to find an answer to the age-old question: Are we alone in the universe? Read More Talking robot to blast into space for experiment in human/robot conversation A small, humanoid robot will fly to the International Space Station this summer to take part in the first experiment on conversation in space between a human and a robot. Read More Joyce Carpenter: Controlling cockroach neurons -- there's an app for that In this TedTalk, we see how electrical stimulation of neurons can trigger activity in … a severed cockroach leg. And lemme tell ya, this cockroach can dance. Read More
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