As director of the Media Ethics Lab at the University of Toronto and a member of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, I have ...

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In Michigan Tech's Human-Robot Interaction Lab, Huskies teach the lab's newest occupant the basics: how to wave, glide and hold a steady grip. Guided by their faculty mentor, they're on a mission to ...

We look into the body’s circulatory systems. By Sam Sifton I’m the host of The Morning. We’ve long known about two systems in the human body that circulate fluids. A physician in Italy observed the ...