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Theory Of Mind Is Wrong About Autistic People

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The Invasion Of The Intersex Demon Shrimp

Jan 08 2015 | comment(s)

Up close and personal with the demon shrimp. Amaia Green Etxabe - University of Portsmouth

By Alex Ford,University of Portsmouth

Demon vs killer shrimp sounds like the latest CGI movie to come out of Hollywood. But in fact these are two particularly pernicious crustaceans that have been making their way westward across Europe from countries surrounding the Black Sea, eradicating native freshwater rivals en route.

Cartoonists Defiant In Response To Terrorist Attack On Charlie Hebdo

Jan 08 2015 | comment(s)

David Pope's cartoon posted on Twitter. David Pope

By Robert Phiddian, Flinders University

Cartoonists and satirists in “the West” are confronted with the risks of their expressive freedom today as a consequence of the assassinations at Charlie Hebdo in Paris.

Artificial Intelligence Is Not Close To Creating A Doomsday Machine

Jan 08 2015 | comment(s)

Is artificial super-intelligence lurking nearby, under wraps? eugenia_loli, CC BYBy Tony Prescott, University of Sheffield

Morality Might Seem Boring – But It Takes Imagination To Live A Moral Life

Jan 08 2015 | comment(s)

The way we relate to other people shapes our moral life – and that's something that requires imagination. David Galindo/Flickr

By Matthew Beard, University of Notre Dame Australia

Creativity and imagination - it’s impossible to discuss one without reference to the other - are often discussed with regard to the great artists, thinkers, and visionaries of our world. Those are the people who are able to visualize things in a way that others simply aren’t able to.