Do you have the wrong kind of phone? New research shows that some of the smartphones specifically designed to support the Android mobile platform have incorporated additional features that can be used by hackers to bypass Android’s security features, making them more vulnerable to attack. Android has the largest share of the smartphone market in the US.
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Movie director Steven Spielberg says the 1982 film "ET" was based on real UFO encounters that occurred in Kentucky. During the writing of the screenplay, the film morphed from being a scary horror film into a family-friendly drama.
The December 6th edition of the New Zealand Herald quotes Spielberg as saying, "It was going to be called Night Skies, based on a piece of UFO mythology where a farm family reported little spindly grey aliens attacking their farm, even riding cows in the farmyard."
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Psychology research shows that the less people know about important complex issues such as the economy (NOTE: subscribers can still listen to this show), energy consumption and the environment, the more they want to avoid becoming well-informed. And the more urgent the issue, the more people want to remain unaware.
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New research may lead to the use of insects to monitor hazardous situations before sending in humans. But we’d better get there soon, because climate change may mean the end of ants.
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