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1. Turkish police say they have detained 32 suspected local members of the Anonymous hacktivist collective, which was recently protesting Turkish censorship of Net activities by attacking government websites. Spanish authorities arrested local members last week, and Anonymous seems to have then retaliated by attacking the Spanish police force's website and successfully bringing it down for a period.

A joke among researchers in the field of male contraception is that a clinically approved alternative to condoms or vasectomy has been five to 10 years away for the past 40 years.

A newborn’s immune system needs time to figure out what should be fought and what should be left alone. Conventional wisdom had it that early exposure to potential troublemakers, from peanuts to pets, could lead to allergy issues later. But recent research shows that having a dog or cat at home isn't likely to make children allergic to animals

By Daniel Cressy of Nature magazine Many people affected by mental illness are facing a bleak future as drug companies abandon research into the area and other funding providers fail to take up the slack, according to a new report.

By Daniel Cressy of Nature magazine Many people affected by mental illness are facing a bleak future as drug companies abandon research into the area and other funding providers fail to take up the slack, according to a new report. Produced for the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP), the report warns that "research in new treatments for brain disorders is under threat". [More]

Gabrielle Giffords recently released photos online to give the public a look at her recovery after being shot in the head. Another victim recovering from the Tucson massacre speaks with Bill Whitaker about Giffords' long road ahead

In the search to help patients with Progeria, a disorder that causes accelerated aging, scientists have uncovered what makes us age over time. Will this open the door for true anti-aging treatments? Wyatt Andrews reports

Adam Scott was getting more attention than usual Monday at the U.S.

Flimmaker Amr Salama is working on a movie about the Egyptian Revolution.

Usage data suggests that something unusual has happened to Facebook's membership growth in the U.S.

Mimicking the highly efficient power-generation process of photosynthesis, an artificial leaf could change how the world gets energy. And new developments at MIT mean it could happen in the next few years. Earlier this year, MIT professor Daniel Nocera made a discovery : By dipping a cobalt-and phosphate-coated artificial silicon leaf into a jar of water, he could effectively mimic photosynthesis and create power at an efficiency greater than today's solar panels

LONDON -- One of the driest spring seasons on record in northern Europe has sucked soils dry and sharply reduced river levels to the point that governments are starting to fear crop losses and France, in particular, is bracing for blackouts as its river-cooled nuclear power plants may be forced to shut down. [More]

Preservation groups in the state of South Carolina filed a lawsuit on Monday against Carnival Cruise Lines, claiming the company's ships pollute Charleston and threaten its historic charm.

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