SCIENCE
Top Story: Scientists Swap Genes in Bacteria - [ABC News] Talk about identity theft: Scientists changed one species of bacteria into another by performing a complete gene swap. It's a step in the quest to one day create artificial organisms, part of a bigger project to custom-design microbes that could produce cleaner fuels. But the way it was performed, dubbed a "genome transplant," has genetics specialists buzzing.
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TECHNOLOGY
Top Story: Leaping Lizards! Team at UA Makes Gecko Tape - [Beacon Journal] Researchers at the University of Akron know what really holds the universe together, and -- no joke -- they have learned how to put it on tape. They call it "gecko tape" because it mimics the unique structural properties of a gecko's foot. And like the lizard, which can effortlessly run up walls and hang from ceilings, there is no glue or suction involved. The tape relies on "van der Waals interactions," a weak molecular force that binds liquids and solids together.
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BUSINESS Top Story: The Ideal Résumé in the Internet Age is Rich in Strategic Keywords - [International
Herald Tribune] Ten years ago, you made copies of your résumé - perhaps on gorgeous creamy bond stationery - and after seeing a job that was advertised in your local newspaper, sent it out, along with a cover letter, in a manila envelope. Now you can go to your computer and find out about jobs all around the world, and apply for them by touching the send button. Unfortunately, so can everyone else.
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SOCIETY Top Story: Animal-Human Embryos Need Human Rights, Bishops Say - [Reuters]
Hybrid animal-human embryos created for medical research should be viewed as human and permitted to develop into children, Roman Catholic bishops have urged the British parliament.
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GLOBAL POLITICS Top Story: Preparing for a Digital Pearl Harbor - [International Herald Tribune] Anyone who follows technology or military affairs has heard the predictions for more than a decade: Cyberwar is coming. Although the long-announced, long-awaited computer-based conflict has yet to occur, the forecast grows more ominous with every telling: an onslaught from a warring nation, backed by its brains and computing resources; banks and other businesses in the enemy states are destroyed; governments grind to a halt; telephones disconnect.
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ENVIRONMENT Top Story: Tribe and Google Earth Team to Support Amazon Forests - [International Herald Tribune] A Brazilian Indian tribe is linking up with Google Earth to try to capture vivid images that could help stop loggers and miners from deforesting the jungle and digging for gold on its vast Amazon reservation.
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THE FUTURE Top Story: China-Made Chryslers to Reach U.S. by 2010 - [Reuters] The first Made-in-China Chrysler cars, built by local partner Chery Automobile Co., could reach the United States or Europe within 30 months, as ambitious Chinese rivals race to penetrate the world's big auto markets.
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