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Feed SubscriptionThe Next Attack? Terrorist’s Attempts to Hijack Technology
A specific, credible but unconfirmed terrorist threat to residents of New York City and Washington, D.C., was brought to the public's attention Thursday evening, just three days before the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on those two cities. In the past decade such alerts from government and public safety officials have been all too common as home-grown and international terrorists alike have attempted to use a variety of methods to inflict widespread damage on the U.S
Read More »Progeria diagnosis makes black child one of a kind
Twelve-year-old Ontlametse Phalatse believed to be world's only black child with rare genetic disorder
Read More »Progeria: First black child with rare aging disease
Ontlametse Phalatse is believed to be the first black child with progeria, which affects fewer than 100 children worldwide
Read More »Plenty of Targets for Robots Exploring the Final Frontier
As "Star Trek" marks its 45th anniversary, space exploration is less about the voyages of the starship Enterprise and more about robots that boldly go where no man has gone before. But surely even Lieutenant Commander Data would approve the slate of robotic missions looking out beyond Earth orbit toward extraterrestrial destinations both familiar and mysterious
Read More »Eating fish no help for heart? What new study says
Large study from Denmark ties consumption of fish and fish oil to reduced heart risk in women but not men
Read More »Ochoa 6 months pregnant, not thinking about golf
Former top-ranked golfer Lorena Ochoa radiates happiness as she moves around the clubhouse at Las Lomas, a private golf club in an upscale part of Mexico City.
Read More »Video: Matt Damon’s "Contagion" spreads
CBSNews.com's Ken Lombardi speaks with Oscar-winning actor Matt Damon about his new film, "Contagion," starring fellow Academy Award-winners Kate Winslet, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Marion Cotillard.
Read More »Pieces of the Human Evolutionary Puzzle: Who Was Australopithecus sediba?
Few things remain as mysterious--or controversial--as our own history as a species. [More]
Read More »With Zagat Purchase Google Gets A Massive Foothold In Mobile Market
First, Google moved to acquire Motorola Mobility. Yesterday, it bought the crown jewel of restaurant guides, Zagat
Read More »PGT: Playoff parity emerges in BMW field
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Read More »NYC’s Ring of Steel pt 2: Central Command
In the second of three videos, we visit the central hub of New York City's 'Ring of Steel', the expansive camera network keeping watch over Lower Manhattan.
Read More »What The New Patent Reform Act Means For Innovation
President Obama is expected, without delay, to sign into law the first large-scale reform to U.S. patent laws in 60 years
Read More »Apple And Amazon Break Up E-Books Into Solid-Gold Nuggets
The new reality for authors and publishers: Their books might tank, but thanks to Apple and Amazon, excerpts sold as "quick reads" and "singles" could be smash hits. Call it the Katy Perry-ization of literature
Read More »A Stadium-Sized Balloon In The Stratosphere Could (Re)Engineer The Climate
First, though, the British government is going to put a normal sized balloon in the sky to see if spraying water to refract the sun's light can really prevent climate change. Maybe we'll need a Plan B
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