BBC Knowledge AUGUST 2017

F E ATU R E S

CONTENTS

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Cover story

Surviving Space

Are we close to making

our home away from Earth?

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SPACE

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IS SOCIAL MEDIA MAKING YOU

ANTI - S O C I A L?

DRIVERLESS READY FOR

CARS?

L ET PAN D A SSHOULD WE^

G O E XTI N CT?

SURVIVING

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Do social networks

make us antisocial?

Connecting with people online is great, but are

you really connected to the person, or the screen?

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The robots who

can learn

Will Artificial Intelligence have an emotionally

fruitful future? The machines of the future

are gearing up to surprise you

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Should we let pandas

go extinct?

Pandas are the poster child of the world of

conservation, but how endangered are they really?

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The cars that drive

themselves

They say ‘to err is human’, but an autonomous

vehicle isn’t without flaws yet.

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Is King Arthur

a historical figure?

Did he fight Roman troops in France –

or Anglo-Saxon invaders in Britain?

And where is Camelot?

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