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...Then, there's the idea of environmental exposure, especially radon. Radon is the second leading risk factor for lung cancer in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that comes from the Earth's soil. In fact, one in 15 homes have levels of radon that are considered too high. So home inspectors recommend that you get radon levels checked before buying new property, or to get radon sensors for the house...
...aware of the massive technological blind spot that allows criminals and terrorists to communicate undetected on American soil. But so far, it can't figure out what to do about VOIP--short for voice over Internet protocol, the dirt-cheap phone service that lets users make calls via their cable or DSL modems. Law-enforcement snoops can't tap into conversations or identify the location of callers, even with court orders authorizing surveillance. Given that the number of Internet phone users is expected to triple this year, to 2.8 million, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last week responded...
...islands are hard to reach and harder to get around, so it was a piece of astonishing luck that Teouma is only a short drive from Vanuatu's capital, Port Vila. It was another stroke of luck that the cemetery was discovered at all. After a bulldozer collecting soil for a prawn farm in 2003 turned up some pottery, the driver thought one of the shards pretty and took it home, where he showed his new curio to a friend. Thankfully for anyone interested in learning when and how the South Pacific was first settled, that friend happened not only...
...contrary to the early assumption that the bombers had hidden explosives in their rucksacks and left them to explode or were unwitting mules for bombs their bosses had secretly armed, the weight of evidence suggests the attackers deliberately immolated themselves in the first-ever suicide bombings on British soil...
...Sprouts in a Sack Think of it as planting for dirt dummies. Just drop the enclosed seeds into the bag's soil, and water gently. Voil?! An instant kitchen herb garden, with your choice of parsley, oregano and basil; $8 from wishingfish.com...