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Steven Spielberg to use Stanley Kubrick screenplay for mini-series about Napoleon

Hollywood legend Steven Spielberg is to make a television mini-series about Napoleon, based on a screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, he told a French broadcaster. The 66-year-old “Schindler’s List” and “E.T.” filmmaker is working on the basis of a five-decade old script by Kubrick, who directed classics including “A Clockwork Orange”…

Brain wave-controlled robots hold hope for nuclear work

Brain wave-controlled robot suits that allow wearers to don heavy radiation protection without feeling the weight were unveiled in Japan on Thursday. Researchers showed off the latest incarnation of HAL, the Hybrid Assistive Limb, a full body suit that could eventually be used by workers dismantling the crippled Fukushima nuclear…

Twitter bot argues with climate change deniers

Debating a stubborn opponent can be an exhausting task, unless, of course, your entire argument is automated. A software developer has created a Twitter bot that automatically discovers and responds to tweets that are skeptical of global warming. Nigel Leck’s chatbot @AI_AGW, who goes by the name “Turing Test,” scans…