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Isaac Asimov

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Name: Isaac Asimov

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

Hard Truth: 'Work-Life' Balance Is Way Overrated

Most people view life's goal is to be happy. I believe that's misguided.If the goal is happiness, one could, for example, spend all your time gardening, watching comedies, having sex, etc. Yet if everyone did that, the planet would be far worse: Patients ... [Published TheStreet.com - May 24 2013]

Entities: Isaac Asimov, Mother Teresa, Burnout, Patient

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

OCHIENG':Knowledge is an attribute of human beings

This week’s Eastafrican reports that, last year, “tech-savvy employees stole … Ksh1.5 billion … from Kenyan banks…” How did they pull it off? Of course, by being “tech-savvy”. But what is it to be “tech-savvy”? The adjective savvy, which means “wise” ... [Published Daily Nation - May 24 2013]

Entities: Jacob Bronowski, Isaac Asimov, Francis Crick

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Roman Catholic Church

Hard Questions

1. Without Griswold v. CT, there would be no Roe v. Wade. That is debatable, at least. While Griswold was used as a precedent in Roe, the fact that Griswold was able to set the precedent in the first place shows that if that had not happened, the Supreme ... [Published BreakPoint - May 24 2013]

Entities: Catholic, Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Rights, Roman Catholic Church

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

'Hobbitses' and Frankenstein: how pop culture's words become official | Kory Stamper

Though fantasy and sci-fi have invented hundreds of new words, only a few pass muster to make it into the dictionary Water cooler conversation at a dictionary company tends towards the odd. A while ago I was chatting with one of my colleagues about our ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 24 2013]

Entities: H. P. Lovecraft, Jonathan Swift, JRR Tolkien

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Plastics

Rapidly changing technology speeds transformation of society

Posted:Updated:Thursday, May 23, 2013 7:32 PM ESTTo The Herald-Whig:Does it seem that the world is crazy?That's because we're living in a truly unique time. Isaac Asimov should have written a book about a futuristic society, in which an industrial revolution ... [Published Quincy Herald-Whig - May 24 2013]

Entities: Isaac Asimov, Industrial Revolution, Plastics, Steve Israel, Defense Distributed

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

National Science Foundation

Another View: Snail study gets at basic scientific questions

The late, great science-fiction author Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) probably would have enjoyed jumping into the middle of the recent battle of words over the National Science Foundation providing $877,000 to university professors for a four-year study of ... [Published Statesman Journal - May 23 2013]

Entities: Snail, Isaac Asimov, National Science Foundation

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transaction that’s troublesome

- Isaac Asimov. In today’s world we are all striving for Financial Safety, Security and Savings, however it is a sad fact that there are only two certainties in life – Death and Taxes – both of which can be expensive if not dealt with properly. An IBERIAN ... [Published Algarve Daily News - May 23 2013]

Entities: United Kingdom, British Pound, Spain, Black Holes, Isaac Asimov

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Revelation of Psychohistorical Mathematics by Hatashe, Dissertation I 1 Raych Hatashe

Hatashe the Informal Mathematician to the all Mathematicians and Physicists belongs to the entire world. The Mathematics about Psychohistory, the term Psychohistory popularized by Isaac Asimov in his Foundation Series and actually the idea developed by ... [Published Modern Ghana - May 22 2013]

Entities: Isaac Asimov, Taylor Series, Power series

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

The Solar Energy Window Plug: Sign Me Up Too, Scottie!

Imagine if you had a detachable solar energy window plug in the middle of your living room window that you could use to charge up any electrical apparatus you needed. And imagine if that nifty outlet was just big enough to fit in your pocket and was transportable ... [Published Triple Pundit - May 22 2013]

Entities: Solar Power, Isaac Asimov, Codicil

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Estremera: Parenting, parenthood and all that jazz

IT’S not easy to be bullied. Anyone who has been will know that.Many adults who have forgotten their childhood would always prattle on that anyone bullied should just go to an elder to reveal what is being done to him or her. As if a child can easily ... [Published Sun Star Network - May 18 2013]

Entities: Isaac Asimov, Fume, Feathering

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 2 reports

A Brief History of Awesome Robots

In Kevin Drum's latest feature, he imagines a bleak future where . Though he predicts this will happen about three decades from now, the concept obviously isn't new. The word "robot" first appeared in a 1920s Czech play (see below), which concludes with ... [Published Mother Jones - May 13 2013]

Entities: Robotics, DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Legged Squad Support System, Artificial Intelligence

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 3 reports

Robots should not be used to kill: Report

Author asks for moratorium on production of ‘lethal autonomous robotics’ as they lack compassion31 min 27 sec agoUNITED NATIONS — Killer robots that can attack targets without any human input “should not have the power of life and death over human beings”, ... [Published Today Online - May 03 2013]

Entities: Robotics, United Nations, Drone, Christof Heyns, Isaac Asimov

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Mark Russinovich: Software Whiz, Cybercrime Writer [Published Government Technology US - 21 hours ago]
OCHIENG':Knowledge is an attribute of human beings [Published Daily Nation - May 24 2013]
Hard Questions [Published BreakPoint - May 24 2013]
Hard Truth: 'Work-Life' Balance Is Way Overrated [Published TheStreet.com - May 24 2013]
'Hobbitses' and Frankenstein: how pop culture's... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 24 2013]
Rapidly changing technology speeds transformati... [Published Quincy Herald-Whig - May 24 2013]
Another View: Snail study gets at basic scienti... [Published Statesman Journal - May 23 2013]
The Nomadic Alfred Bester, Renaissance Man [Published Kirkus Reviews - May 23 2013]
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the... [Published Algarve Daily News - May 23 2013]
Revelation of Psychohistorical Mathematics by H... [Published Modern Ghana - May 22 2013]
Keeping your research on track [Published University Affairs - May 22 2013]
The Solar Energy Window Plug: Sign Me Up Too, S... [Published Triple Pundit - May 22 2013]
NPR's Ira Flatow - 'America loves science' [Published Star News Online - May 20 2013]
Estremera: Parenting, parenthood and all that jazz [Published Sun Star Network - May 18 2013]
Community Bookstore to Open (Mostly) Used Books... [Published PublishersWeekly.com - May 17 2013]
Dell Profits Shrink as Contenders Battle to Buy... [Published DailyTech - May 17 2013]
Property of Rarest Element on Earth Measured fo... [Published LiveScience.com - May 16 2013]
Fiscal frontrunner: Terry Turner [Published Sarasota Observer - May 16 2013]
CERN Physicists Measure Fundamental Property of... [Published Scientific Computing - May 15 2013]
Requiem for Athens: New Historical Novel Brings... [Published SBWire - May 14 2013]
UN report wants to terminate killer robots, opp... [Published Canadian Business Magazine - May 14 2013]
An Asimovian Salute ? OpEd [Published Eurasia Review - May 14 2013]
AIDS 12 Most Notable Casualties [Published The Guardian Express - May 13 2013]
Computer could decide issue as voters dwindle [Published Columbus Dispatch - May 13 2013]
A Brief History of Awesome Robots [Published Mother Jones - May 13 2013]
A Brief History of Awesome Robots [Published MoJo Articles \| Mother Jones - May 13 2013]
Autonomy or freedom from fear? [Published Hindu Business Line - May 12 2013]
Change unbound [Published DAWN Group - May 12 2013]
Why marketing professionals should look to data... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 10 2013]
Killer robot report plants seed of our eventual... [Published Sharon Herald - May 08 2013]

Blogs

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UN Report Wants Moratorium on Killer Robots [Published The China Blog - May 03 2013] (UNITED NATIONS) — Killer robots that can attack targets without any human input “should not have the power of life and death over human beings,” a new draft U.N. report says. The report for the U.N. Human Rights Commission posted online this week deals ...
UN Report Wants Moratorium on Killer Robots [Published The Middle East Blog - TIME.com - May 03 2013] (UNITED NATIONS) — Killer robots that can attack targets without any human input “should not have the power of life and death over human beings,” a new draft U.N. report says. The report for the U.N. Human Rights Commission posted online this week deals ...
E. O. Wilson's "Letters to a Young Scientist" [Published Corante - May 02 2013] I've been reading E. O. Wilson's new book, Letters to a Young Scientist. It's the latest addition to the list of "advice from older famous scientists" books, which also includes Peter Medawar's similarly titled Advice To A Young Scientist and what is ...
Links: Louis CKs Shortfilms, Facebook Data-Anal... [Published Nerdcore - Apr 28 2013] Hier noch ein paar Links, die vergangene Woche liegengeblieben sind, unter anderem mit frühen Kurzfilmen von Louis CK, generativer Kunst für Offset-Druck per Processing, Redesign-Prozesse für USA Today und Sea World Orlando, die Effekte aus Oblivion, ...
2013 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: The Existenc... [Published 3quarksdaily - Apr 25 2013] This is the event from which David Albert was disinvited (via io9 ). ...

Press Releases

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Underwords Press Presents Futuredaze: An Anthol... [Published PR.com Press Releases - Mar 18 2013]