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In Boston, A Rare Rejection Of The Dead

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Protesters gathered Monday outside the Graham Putnam & Mahoney Funeral Parlors in Worcester, Mass., where the body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is being prepared for burial.

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Originally published on Tue May 7, 2013 2:09 pm

Tamerlan Tsarnaev is stuck in a no-man's land.

The body of the suspected Boston Marathon bomber has been at a funeral home in Worcester, Mass., since Friday, refused burial by local cemeteries.

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Tue May 7, 2013

This Bat Knows How To Drink

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The Pallas' long-tongued bat.

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A high-speed photograph of a Pallas' long-tongued bat feeding from the nectar deep within a flower.

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This scanning electron microscope image of the tongue of the Pallas' long-tongued bat shows how the hairs on the surface stand up to catch liquid, turning it into a "nectar mop."

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Originally published on Tue May 7, 2013 3:15 pm

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Imagine it's a hot day, and you're craving some cold lemonade. Someone offers you a glass, but with one condition: You can drink it only using your tongue, with no lips touching the glass. No straw.

You might have a problem.

But many animals — bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and bats — have tongues specifically designed to do this. All drink nectar from flowers using only their tongues.

3:03 am

Tue May 7, 2013

U.S. Turns Up Heat On Costly Commercial Cyber Theft In China

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Chinese cyber-espionage is threatening U.S. economic competitiveness.

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This 12-story building in Shanghai's northern suburb of Gaoqiao allegedly houses a Chinese military-led hacking group.

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Robert Hormats, U.S. undersecretary of state for economic growth, energy and the environment, delivers a speech at the 6th U.S.-China Internet Industry Forum in Beijing on April 9. He warns that theft of intellectual property has become a major source of mistrust.

By Tom Gjelten

Originally published on Wed May 8, 2013 1:04 pm

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American companies that do business with China make good money. They also lose a lot of money there to cyberthieves, who routinely hack into the computers of the U.S. firms and steal their trade and technology secrets.

3:02 am

Tue May 7, 2013

Germany's Paradox: Family-Friendly Benefits, But Few Kids

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German Labor Minister Ursula von der Leyen (at left, shown here with German Chancellor Angela Merkel) has been the main government architect of measures aimed at helping women reconcile careers with having children.

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Originally published on Tue May 7, 2013 11:04 am

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Germany is regarded as one of the most generous countries in the world when it comes to helping women raise families. The government invests about $260 billion each year into 156 separate family-friendly benefits, including health care, generous parental leave, subsidized day care and tax breaks.

Yet on a continent with low birthrates, Germany has the lowest of all, with just 1.39 children per woman.

2:59 am

Tue May 7, 2013

Envisioning The Future With Cori Lathan

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AnthroTronix Founder and CEO Corinna Lathan, at the company's offices in Silver Spring, Md.

By Joe Palca

Originally published on Tue May 7, 2013 11:04 am

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Computers were created to be useful tools, but all too often it's still a chore to get technology to do our bidding.

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