New study on mice shows reversal of aging process is possible

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AFP Photo / Peter Parks

Mice have become the first creatures to experience the ‘Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ for real, as Australian and American scientists have managed to literally reverse their aging process. And they say humans could be next in line.

The discovery is centered on a compound that is like a youth elixir, targeting and reversing muscle aging, building up

France mulls new internet spying powers

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RIA Novosti/Vadim Zhernov

A proposed law in France could allow the authorities to access and gather internet user data without judicial approval. The legislation has been slammed by activists as going “against the principles of democracy” and eroding civil liberties.

The legislation is part of the 2014-2019 Defense Appropriation up for voting Tuesday. Article 13 of th

Boeing caught selling used parts as new to Pentagon

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The Pentagon’s inspector general has found that Boeing repeatedly charged the United States military for “new” helicopter parts even as it installed used parts instead.

Since 2008, Chicago-based Boeing, the military’s second-largest contractor, has overcharged the United States on four separate occasions, to the tune of $16.6 billion.

According to a repo

NSA’s vast new Utah data hub suffering from ‘meltdowns’ – report

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A new National Security Agency (NSA) data center (George Frey / Getty Images / AFP)

Though the NSA’s vast data storage facility in Utah is now hardly a secret, new information has surfaced indicating widespread technical failures delaying its opening, including 10 “meltdowns” within the past 13 months.

The Pentagon’s facility, located in Bluffdale, which lies south of Salt