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Interstellar Travel, Artificial Intelligence, and Immortality with Michio Kaku

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Mining asteroids, traveling on laser beams, and developing self-aware robots: science fiction or science fact? World-renowned physicist and futurist Michio Kaku says that these milestones are not only in humanity's future, but are beginning to occur right now. Dr. Kaku joins the Curiosity Podcast for a fascinating inside look at interstellar travel, artificial intelligence, human immortality, and alien contact. 

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    • Additional links from Dr. Michio Kaku:

    • Official Website of Dr. Michio Kaku
    • Dr. Michio Kaku on Twitter @MichioKaku
    • "The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth"
    • "Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel"
    • "The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind"

      • Other resources discussed:

      • How Elon Musk Names His Inventions | Inverse
      • New technology is forcing us to confront the ethics of bringing people back from the dead | Quartz
      • Eternime wants you to live forever as a digital ghost | CNET
      • Augmented Eternity and Swappable Identities | MIT
      • When you have an itch, what is happening under your skin? | HowStuffWorks
      • Cody Gough on Twitter @ProducerCody
      • Ashley Hamer on Twitter @SmashleyHamer
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