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The technology in science fiction is not always what we want in the real world

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageIt's okay in science fiction but not in real life: A robot (Robin Williams, left) who dreams of becoming human in the movie Bicentennial Man.AAP/Touchstone Pictures

Our expectations of technology in the real world are often fed by our perception of science fiction content. This is the case for children in particular.

More recently, researchers and...

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James Hansen arrives – at his first ever COP

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imageDavid Holmes

There is excitement for many at the Paris summit at the arrival of someone Naomi Klein called this week the grandfather of climate science.

James Hansen, who is credited with sounding the first alarm on climate change in the 1980s, is a radical climate systems analyst whose understanding of global warming is informed by his expertise in...

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FactCheck: is there a link between early and easier access to violent TV and domestic violence?

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imageWe do learn a lot about social behaviour from watching TV.flickr/PenRX, CC BY-NC-ND

It’s not that hard to draw the lines between early and easier access to more violent and explicit television and the way unfortunately and sadly many women are treated in relationships. – Liberal MP Rowan Ramsey, quoted by the ABC, November 26, 2015.

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