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Stealth Katamari T-Shirts
The hit game's creator goes subtle for new garment line. Plus:G4 slinks quietly away from "TV for gamers" concept. From the Wired News blog Game|Life.

UCLA File Swappers in Quarantine
The school's tool for fighting piracy on campus automatically isolates students fingered by the entertainment industry for allegedly sharing copyright files. It's another example of a university cracking down on illegal file trading. By Katie Dean.

Runner-Up Takes on YouTube
Metacafe, one of the video-sharing sites lurking in YouTube's shadow, is launching an incentive program that rewards the content creators who upload the best clips. The race for eyeballs in online video is heating up. By Michael Calore.

Getting Ready for Deep Impact
Scientists expect to detect a lot more asteroid threats with new technology, but it's still not clear what anyone will do about them. Randy Dotinga reports from the AAAS meeting in San Francisco.

[Scary] Pregnant woman says 'maternal instinct' helped her kill attack
FORT MITCHELL, Ky. - A pregnant woman who killed her attacker said a maternal instinct helped her fight off the woman who investigators believe was after her unborn child."I do believe that I fought harder because it was for my child,"Sarah Brady told ABC's "Good Morning America"in interviews aired Sunday and Monday. "It is a maternal instinct to protect your child to the very end."Katherine Smith, 22, died Thursday after luring Brady to her apartment to pick up a package supposedly delivered to the wrong address. When Smith pulled out a knife and attacked the pregnant woman, Brady fought back, striking Smith on the head with an ash tray and stabbing her three times with her own knife, police said. Brady, 26, said she didn't know Smith before the two met at Smith's apartment and can't be certain why Smith wanted to kill her."I really am not sure what was going through her mind,"Brady told ABC. "The only thing I thought was that she was going to kill me and my child and that is the only thing that ran through my mind."

New Screen-and-treat Methods For Cervical Cancer Significantly Reduce
A new Columbia University Medical Center study demonstrates the safety and efficacy of two low-tech diagnostic tools to significantly reduce the prevalence of cervical cancer precursor lesions. Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in women in many developing countries. Designed as rapid screen-and-treat methods that could be done the same day, the protocols could finally make prevention of cervical cancer a viable option for all women in any setting around the world.

Building A Better Painkiller: Neuroscientists Explain Inner Workings O
Morphine and other opioids are among the most potent painkillers around. For the first time, Brown University neuroscientists explain why these drugs work so well on the calcium channels in the pain pathway, in new research in Nature Neuroscience. The findings not only break ground in basic science, they may aid in the effort to develop safer pain-relieving drugs.

What Are The Health Effects Of Acrylamide And How Can It Be Reduced In
Acrylamide, a widely-used synthetic chemical that some studies have linked to cancer and neurological damage, has recently been shown to occur naturally in an increasing number of foods ranging from French fries to coffee. What are the potential health effects of acrylamide and how can its content in food be reduced?

Living Near A Highway Affects Lung Development In Children, Study Show
Researchers at the University of Southern California found that children who lived within 500 meters of a freeway since age 10 had substantial deficits in lung function by the age of 18 years compared to children living at least 1500 meters away.

Evidence Underlying Repeated Courses Of Steroids For Preterm Birth Is
Researchers question whether giving repeated courses of steroid drugs to mothers at risk of preterm delivery is based on sound evidence. Babies born before 32 weeks of pregnancy often have neonatal lung disease, a major cause of illness and death -- the earlier the birth, the greater the risk.

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