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Facebook games cost more than just your time

Games such as “FarmVille” and “Pet Society” serve up players (i.e., you) on a silver platter. Full story

Vote: Are these games good fun — or scams?
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Cars near ‘auto’ pilot mode

A new breed of prototype automobile can drive without the help of unreliable humans, and major car companies are paying attention. Full story

Science

DNA barcodes make their mark

Consortium for the Barcode of Life

Cosmic Log: The "barcodes of life" are being used to crack down on smugglers, track down disease carriers and trace the effects of evolution and climate change.

Did Neanderthals have sex with modern humans?

Neanderthals were the closest relatives we had, and tantalizing new hints suggest that we might have been intimately close indeed.

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New 'Call of Duty' could set record

This holiday season's biggest entertainment blockbuster likely will be a sequel to a popular franchise, with jarring depictions of war and an intricate story of good versus evil. It could easily rake in more than last year's record $155 million opening weekend for "The Dark Knight."


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