An international team of engineers and biologists will gain unprecedented insights into how birds fly so efficiently and then turn that knowledge to building unmanned aircraft with shapeshifting wings. These planes should be lighter, faster and dramatically more maneuverable than today’s stiff-winged aircraft.

Bug bounty” reward programs, for hackers to responsibly identify and help correct automotive software weaknesses, may be on their way for the top automakers, much as they have been adopted already in other industries.

An advocacy group says Michigan is the only state in the nation to see an overall revenue drop for cities, townships and counties from 2002 to 2012.

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