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Iran's Presidential Election: How Much Change Can It Bring?
After 8 years of Ahmadinejad, Iran's clerical leaders have tried minimize controversy in tomorrow's presidential election. But political opposition may rise to the surface.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenAfter eight years of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's clerical leaders have tried minimize controversy in tomorrow's presidential election. But political opposition may rise to the surface, with possible consequences for nuclear development and relations with the US and the rest of the world. Also, the Supreme Court rules that isolated genes can't be patented, and cybersecurity becomes an issue in medicine.
Banner image: A supporter carries a campaign poster for Iranian presidential candidate Hassan Rouhani on the streets of Tehran June 12, 2013. Photo: Mehdi Ghassemi/Reuters/ISNA
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3 storiesSupreme Court Rules that Isolated Genes Can't Be Patented
A unanimous opinion today by the US Supreme Court says human genes cannot be patented after all, because they are natural phenomena. But that's not all they decided. Tom Taylor is assistant managing editor at US Law Week .
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Four years ago, widespread protests over President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election appeared to threaten Iran's clerical leadership. Some dissidents are still in jail. Now that Ahmadinejad is termed out, candidates to succeed him in tomorrow's election have been picked to minimize controversy.
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As American medicine becomes more computerized, cybersecurity is an increasing concern. Pacemakers, fetal monitors, and computers used to view XRays and CT scans are subject to malicious hacking. Incidents that used to occur once or twice a year are now happening monthly or even weekly.
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