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Story: Scan Shows How Brains Plot Future - [BBC] Brain scans have given US scientists a clue about how we create a mental image of our own future. The Washington University team say that specific areas of the brain are active when thinking about upcoming events.
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TECHNOLOGY
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Story: Super Soldiers: Tomorrow's 'Army of One' Technology - [Yahoo News] Within three years, soldiers could begin testing futuristic devices that make them each "an army of one" by granting them unprecedented capabilities, such as the ability to see through walls thanks to advanced radar scopes and super-protection and super-strength conferred by high-tech armor.
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BUSINESS
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Story: Advertisers Dip Toe into Virtual World - [Red Orbit] MySpace's 60m-plus global users are a key reason why Rupert Murdoch parted with more than $580m (300m) last year to take control of what he has called the future of media-after once dismissing the internet as a fad. Key to Murdoch's vision for MySpace was to establish it as a mass-market advertising platform giving brands the opportunity not only to advertise, but also interact with the website's users, building closer relationships with them.
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SOCIETY
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Story: Fortunes of Workers Looking Up - [International Herald Tribune] Political shifts in the United States, Europe and Asia increase the chances that 2007 will bring labor higher pay and stronger job protection after five years in which its share of economic gains fell. "The pendulum of economic power might well begin to shift from capital back to labor," said Stephen Roach, chief global economist with Morgan Stanley in New York.
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GLOBAL POLITICS
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Story: Future Engineers See Global Economy in Action - [Electronic Engineering Times] The best way to prepare students to be globally competitive, says Belle Wei, dean of engineering at San Jose State University, is to show them what they're up against. That's why Wei pioneered the school's Global Technology Initiative, which sends selected students on an expenses-paid tour of Asian companies and universities.
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ENVIRONMENT
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Story: London-on-Sea: The Future of a City in Decay - [Telegraph] A sea level rise of a metre or more would be "very bad news" for major coastal cities, greatly increasing the risk of devastating storm surges. Particularly at risk are cities on or close to North Atlantic shores, such as London, according to a study in the journal Science.
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THE FUTURE
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Story: What will the future hold for the first-borns of 2007? - [Toronto Sun] Sun Media reporter Vivian Song speaks with top science-fiction writers, astrologists and futurists to explore what the next 50 years may hold for our newest Capricorns. It's a mighty burden to place on shoulders so small. But if one opinion holds true, parents who rang in the year 2007 by cradling a newborn baby spawned perhaps the most important generation of humankind.
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