"Please, no double-sticky tape": death and destruction - with sportsmanship - Robot Wars
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Robot Wars is a kind of metallic competition in which 80 or more robots participate and abide by to a form of technological correctness. The event, which was created by Marc Thorpe, adheres to a no-fibers and no-liquids policy or any unsportsmanlike techniques.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1997
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Profile: Ruth Hubbard
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Ruth Hubbard is best known for her critical treatment of the practices and ethics of the scientific establishment. Before she became its outspoken critic, Hubbard herself was a member of the academe.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1995
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