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The United States skipped a step in the space race. Before NASA sent the first astronauts to the moon in 1969, it sent robotic scouts to crash into the lunar surface, land on it, and map it from orbit. The last three Apollo missions included lunar rovers driven by the astronauts. But in those rushed years to be first, the U.S. never sent a robotic rover, a good way to look at the lunar landscape close-up. Only the Soviet and Chinese governments have. Other countries have tried and failed. Now, 5

During the final fight scene of the 2011 film Real Steel, two giant robots battle it out in a boxing ring—and the underdog is losing. Before the final round, Hugh Jackman’s character Charlie takes his robot aside and tells it to watch him and follow his lead from the sidelines. The final round commences, Charlie puts his guard up and—at just the right moment—throws a mean uppercut. His robot mimics the same motion in the ring, rocking the bigger robot hard. The pair then

Artificial intelligence can’t replace human professionals but it could transform the way they treat diseases such as cancer, and save livesMihaela van der Schaar is director of the Cambridge Centre for AI in Medicine at the University of CambridgeFrom the soaring costs of US healthcare to the recurrent NHS crisis, it can often seem that effective and affordable healthcare is impossible. This will only get worse as chronic conditions grow in prevalence and we discover new ways to treat prev