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  1. Earth

    Link between El Niños and droughts in India

    Scientists have discovered a correlation between droughts in India and a particular type of El Niño, the climate phenomenon marked by increased sea-surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific.

    By Sid Perkins
  2. Tech

    Cyber attack depletes cell phone batteries

    In a new type of cyber attack, assailants using computers connected to the Internet can secretly induce distant cell phones to rapidly deplete their batteries.

    By Peter Weiss

  3. 19730

    If your cell phone battery is depleted for no obvious reason, another possibility is an attack by law enforcement. Special firmware may have been surreptitiously downloaded into your phone, turning it into a bug that operates even if the phone appears to be off.