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Monday, October 10, 2005
Some Surprises From Science "Resistance is futile!" declared the Borg on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Now along comes a book saying those networked half-human automatons were right. In The Singularity Is Near Ray Kurzweil says in children's lifetimes people will start replacing brains and other body parts with far superior artificial components. Read "The future body, very unlike ours," a review by Frank Wilson. ... Also, the bald eagle is back. Pennsylvania has even removed the bird from the state endangered list. Birdwatchers (above) are happy. See story. ... And giant squid have strange sex. See "Carnal Knowledge" column.
