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Though it draws its name from an extraterrestrial species, the "Alien" franchise is often just as interested in synthetic life as it is in the biological world. This goes all the way back to the very ...

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Video: Scientists turn humans into cyborg centaurs with new two-legged robot attachment. The mechanism, which resembles the hind part of a horse, is to help with load carrying. Re ...