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FBI: We
need wiretap-ready Web sites - now CNET learns the
FBI is quietly pushing its plan to force surveillance backdoors on social
networks, VoIP, and Web e-mail providers, and that the bureau is asking
Internet companies not to oppose a law making those backdoors
mandatory. Artistically
censored Google Earth pix -- the Dutch way Perhaps only
the land of Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Mondrian could censor Google Earth
with such style. Sick of
asteroids stealing headlines, moon steps up
tonight La Luna is
tired of being upstaged by the space rocks that have recently been
whizzing their way past Earth, "closer than the moon." So tonight she's
putting on a show. "Tens
of billions" of habitable worlds in Milky
Way Astronomers
hunting for rocky planets with the right temperature to support life
estimate there may be tens of billions of them in our galaxy
alone. Sprawling
cities pressure environment, planning Expanding
cities threaten to eat up a swath of land the size of France, Germany and
Spain combined in less than 20 years, putting the world under even more
environmental pressure, experts said at a climate conference on
Tuesday.
Fifteen
mutilated cats have been found in the Metro Vancouver suburb of Maple
Ridge over the past year, and police and SPCA are asking for the public's
help cracking the case. Swarming
and Transporting On its own, an
ant is not particularly clever. But in a community, the insects can solve
complicated tasks. Researchers intend to put this "swarm intelligence" to
use in the logistics field. Lots of autonomous transport shuttles would
provide an alternative to traditional materials-handling
technology. Brain
Size May Determine Whether You Are Good at Keeping
Friends Researchers are
suggesting that there is a link between the number of friends you have and
the size of the region of the brain -- known as the orbital prefrontal
cortex -- that is found just above the eyes.
The Quiet Clean Mining
Revolution Few industries have got the black eye, literally and
metaphorically, of mining. Attitude Found to Correlate to Long-Term
Health If
you've ever been to the doctor, you surely are familiar with the
questionnaires given to you when you first arrive - those which ask
about your medical history, medications, and any current health issues.
Some questionnaires even ask you to rate your own health, a seemingly
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