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Whatever Happened To... Bird Flu?\rYou couldn't find a hotter health story in 2006 than bird flu–specifically, the H5N1 variety, which killed 60 percent of the people it infected and was predicted to kill between 5 million and 150 million more if a full-on outbreak were to occur. So why are we all still..\n
02.18.09
Whatever Happened To... Bird Flu?
\nWhatever Happened To...Killer Robots in Iraq?\n
Lots, actually. Last year saw the first-ever deployment of fearless and bloodless armed robots on the ground in Iraq (three of them), and iRobot, one of the U.S. military's main suppliers of robots, just shipped the Army its 2,000th PackBot, a recon robot. The Pentagon has made a commitment of $2 billion over the next five years, so Iraqi insurgents should expect to see even more of them. Next up: A.I. that can think for itself (but hopefully won't turn on its masters)
\nWhatever Happened To… The Axis of Evil?
Whatever Happened To… The Rainforest?\n
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