From cultural starvation to smart robots going through the motions

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Masses have been starved of cultural richness because Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein have been the two reference points for art and science respectively. Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility (ASIMO) robots has mastered an impressive number of routines by coming to terms with many of the usual obstacles of the human world.

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Why architectural replicas are really only fakes

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The problem with replication is not much a matter of appearance as of method. It is not possible to contemplate building an accurate replica of an Egyptian pyramid. However, the only solution to this crisis of irreversibility lies in investing the term 'replica' with a degree of flexibility.

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A sphere with a message: planets hold lessons architects can learn

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Two major eras of science in architecture (the climax of the age of enlightenment and the 1960s) had spheres in common. Though it remains an impractical form for architectural purposes, the strength of the sphere is its universality.

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