IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 04/01/2016

The Ars 2015 pictorial year in review
As an end-of-year treat, we've put together some galleries of our favorite images.

Slightly creepy experiment with ants shows that drugs can permanently alter behavior
Scientists turned guard ants into scout ants with one brain injection.

The best new board games we played in 2015
From La Granja to Codenames, here are the games that hit our tables most this year.

Reusable, sugar-based polymer purifies water fast
Can pull out pharmaceuticals, chemicals used to make plastics, and more.

In 2016, terror suspects and 7-Eleven thieves may bring surveillance to Supreme Court
This year, US v. Graham is just one of several privacy cases we have our eye on.

73 nations face off at the World Magic Cup
Three players and one coach from each nation vie for supremacy, $12,000 each.

George Lucas criticizes “retro” feel of new Star Wars, describes “breakup”
Filmmaker spoke about selling his company in an interview with Charlie Rose.

Oculus announces “Touch” VR controller delay to second half of 2016
Insists that consumer version of Oculus VR headset will still launch by "Q1 2016."

Gene editing tech named Science magazine’s Breakthrough of the Year
The technique lets us edit just about any piece of DNA in a living cell or organism.

In 2015, promising surveillance cases ran into legal brick walls
Attorneys everywhere are calling things moot after the phone metadata program ended.

Space for Europe and for all humankind: A brief history of the ESA
From ESRO to Rosetta, the unheralded organization's contributions go far beyond Europe.

Ars’ favorite science images of 2015
It's been an amazing year for science, and here are some images that capture it.

CBS, Paramount sue crowdfunded Star Trek filmmakers for copyright infringement [Updated]
Axanar raised more than $1 million in donations, but it might get the legal axe.

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IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 04/01/2016

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