senior cyborgs, robot unemployment.

"In a sport tarnished by doping scandals, the older athletes raise anew the question of what constitutes a natural body for people who are at an age when drugs are a part of life."

and: "Japan’s legions of robots, the world’s largest fleet of mechanized workers, are having a tough time finding work as the country suffers its deepest recession in more than a generation."

particularly interesting locution on the last story . . . a generation of mechanized workers? o, the humanity.

both via the new york times, registration may be required (try bugmenot).