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Tech Companies Are Trying to Make NSA-Proof Encrypted Phones And Apps
From encryption apps to encrypted phones, telecommunications companies are pushing back
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Naples’ Dog DNA Database Tracks Owners Who Don’t Clean Up After Their Pets
U.S. condo building picked up this idea, and now Naples is spreading it across a city
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Smart Business Plan: Selling Girl Scout Cookies by Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
Somebody should get a “smart businesswoman” badge
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Prison Education Systems Can Keep People From Being Incarcerated Again
But education budgets in prisons were slashed during the economic recession
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Will Smart Guns Actually Save Lives?
Smart guns, like the Armatrix iP1, will only fire for their owner
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China’s Growing Number of “Baby Hatches” Allow Parents to Anonymously Give Away Their Children
China will install at least two baby hatch facilities in each of the country’s provinces
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Caffeine Kick Not Doing It For You? Try a Mild Electric Shock—The Pentagon Is
Direct jolts of electricity to the brain give a burst of alertness
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To Avoid Deer Strikes, Finland Is Painting Deer Antlers With Reflective Paint
Attempts to keep motorists from hitting animals usually center around making cars and roads safer, but the Finns are heading straight to the source
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New York Could Grow All Its Own Food
Theoretically, New York City could become largely self-sufficient
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Programmers Across the Country Are Self-Organizing to Protest NSA Surveillance
“The Day We Fight Back” campaign seeks to reform the NSA
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You Could Soon Make Coca-Cola in the Comfort of Your Own Home
How a Keurig Coke pack will work is still under wraps, but Coca-Cola is taking aim at the home-made soda market
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A Swarm of Tumbleweed-Like Robots Might Be the Ideal Desert Data Gatherers
The hardy robots can traverse places that would be difficult or very expensive to send human data-gatherers
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A Surprising Number of College Students Struggle to Find Enough Food
Food insecurity, a problem normally associated with poverty, also plagues college campuses
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Try to Smuggle an Illegal Elephant Tusk Out of Kenya, Pay a $230,000 Fine
For the first time, Kenya exercised its new, stricter punishments for wildlife trafficking crimes
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China’s Lunar Rover Just Melodramatically Announced Its Impending Demise
A mechanical failure could mean the end of China’s Jade Rabbit
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The NFL Is Considering Axing the Extra Point After Touchdowns
Scoring these points is easy, and the NFL might just get rid of them
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