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By Ariel Schwartz By offering up their drugs for free to developing countries, drug companies hope to make inroads into new markets, and prevent a few diseases along the way. Intellectual property is crucial for pharmaceutical companies to survive; without it, their pricey blockbuster drugs can be replaced with cheap generics. And yet, big companies like AstraZeneca, Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Sanofi, and Merck are willingly putting some of their intellectual property information in a public database

Every few years, public officials and the news media perform a ritual form of " disestimation " when a population clock reaches a big milestone.

Used to be if spies wanted to eavesdrop, they planted a bug. These days, it's much easier

A fungus known as Geomyces destructans is indeed responsible for the dusting of white across bat noses and wings that has wiped out entire populations of the flying mammals, new research shows. By purposefully infecting healthy bats with the fungus--and confirming that seemingly healthy "control" bats from the same population did not get sick from a prior but hidden fungal infection--microbiologist David Blehert of the U.S.

* Chile hit by a series of eruptions since 2008 * Chile has world's second most active volcanic chain [More]

Early detection of cancer is often a key factor in successful treatment. When it comes to lung cancer, however, all screening methods are not created equal.

Ed note: As Halloween rapidly approaches in the US, AiP will be exploring superstitions, beliefs, and the things that go bump in the night.

By Daniel Cressey of Nature magazine A collection of teeth from dinosaurs in the western U.S. [More]

China's second moon probe is parked at a stable spot in deep space, called a Lagrangian point, as part of a new mission to study the sun and Earth 's magnetic field.

A vaccine originally intended to prevent cervical cancer in girls should be given to boys as well, an advisory panel for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today (Oct. 25). The panel voted to recommend the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine be given to boys ages 11 to 12.

By Pracha Hariraksapitak BANGKOK (Reuters) - Floods swamped a new area of Thailand's capital on Wednesday as some shops rationed food and Bangkok's governor warned of "massive water" on the way that could put many parts of the sprawling city in danger by the end of the week.

By Michael J. Coren Armed with new drones, Brazilian authorities are sending them out over the wilderness to hunt for poachers and illegal mining and logging. Brazil's environmental police are deploying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, to monitor the country's vast forest for illegal logging, drug trafficking and other crimes.

* Turkey requests international aid * Complaints of survivors grow [More]

By Pracha Hariraksapitak BANGKOK (Reuters) - Floodwater swamped a new area of Thailand's capital on Wednesday as some shops started rationing food and the prime minister warned that parts of Bangkok could be flooded for up to a month. [More]

Media companies aren't the only ones in the content-providing business these days. Meet Diane Charles and Ron Qurashi, producers of Lexus's Web Therapy series starring Lisa Kudrow.