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Science fiction action media franchise
Terminator is an American media franchise created by James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd. It is considered to be of the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction. The franchise primarily focuses on the events leading to a future post-apocalyptic war between a synthetic intelligence known as Skynet, and a surviving resistance of humans led by John Connor. In this future, Skynet uses an arsenal of cyborgs known as Terminators, designed to mimic humans and infiltrate the resistance. Much of the franchise takes place in time periods prior to the Skynet takeover, with both humans and Terminators using time travel to attempt to alter the past and change the outcome of the future. A prominent Terminator model throughout the films is the T-800, commonly known as "the Terminator", with instances of this model portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Wikipedia →
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- Pick up a classic book: The Fault in Our StarsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
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📖 Definitions
Noun Someone who terminates or ends something, especially (in later use) an assassin or exterminator.
Noun A text character or string that serves to mark the end of a document or transmission.
Noun The line between the day side and the night side of a moon, planet or other celestial body.
Noun A DNA sequence that causes RNA transcription to cease and an mRNA transcript to break off.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Accurate whole human genome sequencing using reversible terminator chemistry
Role of initiator‐transfer agent‐terminator (iniferter) in radical polymerizations: Polymer design by organic disulfides as iniferters
Glioblastoma multiforme: The terminator
Adenine riboswitches and gene activation by disruption of a transcription terminator
ras GTPase activating protein: Signal transmitter and signal terminator
Is incineration the terminator of plastics and microplastics?
The human CST complex is a terminator of telomerase activity
Release factors differing in specificity for terminator codons.
🆕 Influential since 2022
Spatially resolving the terminator: variation of Fe, temperature, and winds in WASP-76 b across planetary limbs and orbital phase
Using AI-based detectors to control AI-assisted plagiarism in ESL writing: “The Terminator Versus the Machines”
Combinatorial optimization of gene expression through recombinase-mediated promoter and terminator shuffling in yeast
Comprehensive transcription terminator atlas for Bacillus subtilis
Machine guardians: The Terminator, AI narratives and US regulatory discourse on lethal autonomous weapons systems
📚 Books worth reading
The Fault in Our StarsJohn Green, Laia Font Mateu · 2010
Cat on a Hot Tin RoofTennessee Williams · 1944
PaulaIsabel Allende, Lieselotte Kolanoske · 1994
When Breath Becomes AirPaul Kalanithi · 2016
DeenieJudy Blume · 1973
Being MortalAtul Gawande · 2014
Love StoryErich Segal · 1970
Two Weeks With the QueenMorris Gleitzman, Moriss Gleitzman · 1989
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