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  U.S. Power Grid Vulnerable to Enemy Attack, Lawmakers Say

  Several major U.S. utilities are under “constant” cyberattack and haven’t taken precautions to protect critical systems from Iran, North Korea and other adversaries, according to a congressional survey of more than 100 companies accounting for much of the nation’s power system.

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  Vitamins That Cost Pennies a Day Seen Delaying Dementia

  A cheap regimen of vitamins in use for decades is seen by scientists as a way to delay the start of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, a goal that prescription drugs have failed to achieve.

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  Car Hacking Threat Prompts New Effort by Auto Regulator

  Rising hacking risks to drivers as their cars become increasingly powered by and connected to computers have prompted the U.S.’s auto-safety regulator to start a new office focusing on the threat.

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  Don’t Mandate Labeling for Gene-Altered Foods

  Should the government require companies to label food that contains genetically modified organisms?

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  Fusion Scientists See Promise Where Obama Shows No Ardor

  Chris Bishop paces as he beams the world’s biggest laser at a peppercorn-sized fuel pellet, a crucial step toward fusing hydrogen atoms to replicate the explosive power of the sun, stars and thermonuclear weapons.

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  Obama’s Record on Chemical Safety Criticized After Blast

  Five years after Congress mandated that sales of ammonium nitrate, the chemical implicated in last month’s fatal Texas blast, be tracked, rules to do that haven’t been issued by the federal government.

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  Women Choose Mates by Shoulder Size First, Research Suggests

  Size matters when women look for a mate, a study finds, whether it’s the size of a man’s shoulders versus his hips, his height or anywhere else.

• Treasury Wine Seeks Cooler Land as Climate Shifts Season

  Treasury Wine Estates Ltd., the world’s second-largest listed wine company, is seeking out vineyards in cooler regions in preference to ones in warmer areas as climate change starts to shift growing seasons.

• Bill Seeks Study of Violent Video Games After Shootings

  The U.S. National Academy of Sciences would investigate how violent video games and programs affect children under a bill introduced in Congress in the wake of the deadly school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

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  Thousands Seen Dying If Terrorists Attack U.S. Power Grid

  A terrorist attack on the U.S. power grid could be more destructive than superstorm Sandy, possibly costing hundreds of billions of dollars and leading to thousands of deaths, the National Academy of Sciences said.

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