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...used oxycodone, the main ingredient in OxyContin, for nonmedical reasons jumped from 11.8 million in 2002 to 13.7 million in 2003. The increase happened even though OxyContin's maker stopped distributing its strongest pill, the 160-mg tablet, in 2001 and more states began prescription-monitoring programs to detect abusers who go from doctor to doctor looking for pills. In December the Drug Enforcement Administration announced a toll-free number to report the illegal sale of prescription drugs...
...sophisticated bombs during a February raid on what police say was an Abu Sayyaf safe house in Manila. Twelve bombs manufactured from C4 plastic explosive were recovered, expertly hidden in items like toothpaste tubes and deodorant bottles. "We call them invisible bombs because they are very, very difficult to detect," says one senior government official. "And at that size we can only think of one purpose: airplanes." In Malaysia, two intelligence officials in Kuala Lumpur told TIME that five armed Thai Muslim militants were arrested on March 9. Malaysian police spokesmen denied the arrests had taken place. The two intelligence...
...content, violence, profanity, disrespect for authority and other negative content." The ETS analysts don't monitor premium channels, which is just as well, because an episode of Deadwood would presumably crash the system. The ETS is thoroughly indexed by theme--"Threesome," "Masturbation," "Obscene Gesture." With it, the group can detect patterns of sleaze and curses and spotlight advertisers who buy on naughty shows. It is a meticulously compiled, cross-referenced, multimegabyte Alexandria Library of smut...
...once thrived on Mars, but it's a tantalizing sign. So is methane found in the Martian air. It could be volcanic, but methane is more often produced by living organisms. If bacteria still live under Mars' surface, this could be their calling card. Opportunity and Spirit can't detect bacteria directly, but they're not finished unearthing secrets. Spirit's discovery of an intact meteorite was totally unexpected, and the rover should get a dramatic panoramic view in a few weeks when it reaches the crest of the Columbia Hills. "I have no idea how much longer [the rovers...
There is a new, more accurate way to test brain tissue for the biochemical signal of prions--proteins that cause a human brain-wasting illness related to mad-cow disease. The developers of the technique hope it can also be used to detect mad cow in cattle...