Networked machines able to exchange data and take action without humans can boost productivity and customer satisfaction faster than any outsourced call center.
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As the commission's report makes clear, an EMP attack could devastate both civilian and military assets without harming humans--in the short term.
Here's how Zeneca, a London-based pharmaceuticals firm, went about using Incyte to help it discover a drug that would bust bacteria without hurting humans.
Sometimes we try to understand humans without making a value judgment of whether they are right or wrong.
Charles Bennett believes that, in principle at least, it is perfectly feasible to teleport humans without violating any of the fundamental laws of physics.
Cottonseed oil is also the primary input in the production of Olestra, a frying fat that glides through humans without leaving a trace of fat or calories, and is also an important source of vitamin E for pharmaceutical producers.
Of course, the key difference between presenting data about physical activity for domesticated dogs versus humans is that dependent pets often cannot change their behavior without outside influences whereas humans will complain about not being able to do so.
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Thus, after noting the Estonian language's "primitive cast, " Mr. Theroux turns his attention to Lord Monboddo, an 18th-century sage who believed that apes were essentially humans without the power of speech, enjoyably esoteric information that tells us little about Estonia but a lot about Mr. Theroux's magpie mind.
As humans, without trust, our relationships can never go past a certain level.
Either the machines do everything and we humans have everything without having to do anything.
It's also fair to wager that if humans had lived without swords, we'd be living in a very different world.
Without Icelandic horses, Icelandic humans would have died out centuries ago.
The SEC has endured much criticism of its practice of bringing big headline cases and then settling them for cash payments from corporations, without punishing any of the humans involved.
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Such a way of thinking contrasts with the usual view around the world, which argues that since humans cannot live without water, it should be a basic human right, available to all, preferably for nothing.
As a result, Jackson says, BP and federal officials are tossing out every conceivable idea to see if it will work, and they are doing so without any way of having humans go to the source and cap it.
The vaccine has caused tumors to regress in mice, and a trial in 14 seriously ill humans stimulated immune response without harmful side effects.
It has 20, 000 central nervous system cells so big they can be seen without a microscope. (Humans have 100 billion brain cells.) Kandel turned down an offer to run the psychiatry department at Harvard's Beth Israel Hospital and bet his career on the slugs.
Without care for the environment and fellow humans, "the way is opened to destruction and hearts are hardened", he said.
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Switzerland is not the only country to struggle with the question of how to help humans and natural predators coexist without friction.
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Without realizing it, he says, humans set into motion a train of events we didn't realize we were in no position to control.
Worse, these animals may also be excreting the lethal virus in their faeces, which could explain how some humans have contracted the disease without any apparent contact with poultry.
Humans have always migrated and travelled, without necessarily living nomadic lives.
Humans can last for a week or more without food but die within days without water.
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While this does not prove that the same principle works in humans, or that a drug could be developed to harness this without side-effects, the researchers described the work as a "major breakthrough".
Unsupported claims that the 35S promoter is unstable, prone to transfer and insertion into the DNA of other cells, thereby causing cancer in humans, have been extensively rebutted by the scientific community and are without merit.
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Space vehicles for humans must be made safe, while we can risk a bunch of robots without losing sleep.
Yet, without the accurate culling that software performs, the amount of data would be too large for humans to manage and review alone.
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What really challenges us as humans is the notion of dealing with a constantly changing flow or stream of information without a discernable pattern or intended direction.
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Apart from a few large-brained species, such as humans, apes and dolphins, not many animals will do this, but Kandula did it without hesitation, fetching the box from great distances.
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