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Virtual epidemics may hold scientific promise

October 13, 2005 Some see the recent plague that ran amok in the online game "World of Warcraft" as a valuable tool for examining how a real pandemic might behave. Images: Deadly virtual outbreak TAGS: disease, plague, World of Warcraft, epidemic, behavior, Vivendi Universal, virtual worlds, online game

Cancer survivor's advice to programmers, others

May 20, 2006 Software developer Douglas Reilly opens up with clients and co-workers about his disease, urges others to do the same. TAGS: cancer, disease, Slashdot, article, advice, programming

Seeds of destruction

January 15, 2004 Agriculture epidemics, like the Irish Potato Famine, may hold clues that can help computer-security experts fight Internet viruses. TAGS: epidemic, MSBlast worm, disease, species, computer virus, professor, clue, scientist, researcher, virus, security

Knowledge is power, but can you handle it?

May 10, 2006 The Internet is making it easy to get DNA testing, but the results could be disturbing if not handled correctly. TAGS: cancer, disease, DNA, lab, patient, knowledge, access, expert, power, process

This week in video games

October 14, 2005 If life can imitate art, can life imitate video games? Some scientists will tell you yes. TAGS: video game, disease, scientist, professor, behavior, games, researcher, video

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