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Our modern era doesn't just celebrate stories about gods and demi-gods — we have a whole host of new mythic figures that we obsess about, from Luke Skywalker to Superman to Captain Kirk. But who owns these legends? More »
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A lawsuit aims to take back ownership over your genome from the corporations that claim the building-blocks of life as their property. But is it already too late? More »
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WALL*E, Pixar’s tale of a future Earth destroyed by corporate greed, seems prescient now in a world of bank bailouts, undulating stock markets, and a global credit crisis. The end of the world could come from an alien invasion or a natural disaster, but it could also come from the companies we interact with every day. Could we be funding our future apocalypse? We list the science fiction companies that have taken down planets or decimated humanity, all for a quick buck. More »
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