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The days of keeping large files on your home or office computer are waning. Instead, documents and files are accessible from nearly any device, anytime from anywhere. But what exactly is this place called the cloud?

The Department of Homeland Security now has 10 unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, monitoring the U.S.-Mexico border.

Singer Chris Martin and drummer Will Champion discuss the band's sustained success, as well as its curiously named new album, Mylo Xyloto.

While supporters of the movement have latched on to the idea that people need to "take their country back," historians say there are many differences between what's driving things today and what was happening during the American Revolution.

Kevin Roose's Young Money follows a group of new college graduates trying to make it on Wall Street in the era after the 2008 financial crash. What motivated them to give up their lives, to work 100-hour weeks and endure sneers when the reputation of big finance was at its lowest? And, most importantly, how did the experience change them?

Who regulates Internet traffic? It's a question that the FCC, Internet companies and the telecom industry are fighting over. Wall Street Journal reporter Amy Schatz explains what's at stake for the future of broadband -- and what each side wants in current legal proceedings.

What are the latest threats to the ecosystem of the Amazon Rainforest? We speak to Dr. Mark Plotkin about his efforts to protect the world's largest rainforest, and how the Amazon Conservation Team he co-founded is working to help the tribes who live there.

A piece of information or a photograph posted on the web can hurt your chances to get a job, or get a date. And that negative information can stay on the Internet for years. We'll talk about new ideas to introduce some privacy to the web.

A Google search on scent yields multiple quizzes formulated to determine one's signature scent. I took one. After answering multiple choice questions like "What's your favorite after school activity?"(cooking/art classes) and "What kind of dress do you like to wear to school dances?" (flowy, the options were limited), it was determined that my signature scent is "Woodsy." The explanation: "Woodsy scents from nature are best for you and help you feel more relaxed during the day!" Strangely enough, that's pretty close to the mark. The Oceanside Museum of Art got seemingly more reliable results when they asked conceptual artist Brian Goeltzenleuchter to create an OMA scent, one that would have healing and equilibrium-inducing powers.

President Obama is taking back-to-back foreign trips that represent a pivot from new foreign policy challenges to old ones. He is currently on a 10-day tour of developing democracies in Asia. Next week, he attends a NATO summit in Portugal, where the challenge is reinvention and relevance.