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New Cyberattack Evidence Of A 'Highly Adaptive Campaign Targeting Banks'
The SWIFT messaging network is used by banks to transmit instructions for money transfers around the world.But hackers utilized the network to steal $81… -
As Big Candy Ditches GMOs, Sugar Beet Farmers Hit A Sour Patch
Sugar, you might think, is just sugar, no matter where it comes from. But not anymore.About half of all sugar in the U.S. comes from sugar beets, and the… -
Can Oregano Fight Cow Belches — And Climate Change?
Cows are notoriously gassy creatures. Globally, more than a third of methane generated by human activity comes from livestock farming, a good deal of it… -
Researchers Offer Jet Lag Advice In Return For Data About Your Sleep
Companies like Google and Fitbit gather all kinds of data on how people behave. Why couldn’t scientists use an app to do the same thing?Two years ago,… -
Care Packages: How The U.S. Won Hearts Through Stomachs After WWII
Renate Senter clearly remembers the first care package she received, in 1946. She, her mother and her sister had fled Poland. In the aftermath of World… -
A stunning discovery in genetics — 50,000 new species of tests
To get some handle on the wildly-expanding, mostly unregulated world of genetic testing, the federal government established a voluntary registry in which… -
State Insurance Mandates For Autism Treatment Fall Short
Forty-four states and the District of Columbia have laws on the books requiring health insurers to cover autism treatments. But research evaluating these… -
The already troubled British red squirrel has a new problem – leprosy
Red squirrels in the UK are having a pretty hard time at the moment.Their numbers have been declining for years and they have been driven out of many… -
A Long, Complicated Battle Over 9,000-Year-Old Bones Is Finally Over
Last week, there was a big development in the long-running, bitter, complicated battle over a 9,000-year-old set of bones known variously as “Kennewick… -
Can A Hospital Tell A Doctor To Stop Talking About Abortion?
One of the country’s most outspoken abortion providers has filed a civil rights complaint against the hospital where she works, saying that it has wrongly…