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The Truth and the Hype of Hypnosis
Though often denigrated as fakery or wishful thinking, hypnosis has been shown to be a real phenomenon with a variety of therapeutic uses -- especially in controlling pain
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How to Build a Hyper computer
The simulation and ultimate solution of humanity's major ills and most perplexing problems require significantly faster supercomputers
Making Molecules into Motors
Molecular turmoil, quantum craziness: microscopic machines must operate in a world gone mad. But if you can't beat the chaos, why not exploit it?
The Sciences
Frozen Light
Slowing a beam of light to a halt may pave the way for new optical communications technology, tabletop black holes and quantum computers
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