Today's headlines from science and tech.

Below is today's selection of the most interesting science, health, and tech news reports. For analysis and commentary from around the Web, check out the  hot topics page. For Human Nature's takes on some of these stories, visit the blog. (I generally post the link first and write the blog entry later, so check back.) To add your own take, open or join a discussion thread in the Fray—and please link to the original story so others can participate intelligently in the conversation.

May 23

U.K. considers storing all email and phone calls in a government database
(Avril Ormsby, Reuters / New Scientist)

Pro-lifers pressure Bush to defund birth-control clinics that refer some women to abortion clinics
(Stephanie Simon, Wall Street Journal)

Scientists turn bacteria into "living computers"
(Karmella Haynes et al, Journal of Biological Engineering / Roger Highfield, Telegraph)

Cell phone signals can penetrate your brain and alter your behavior
(Douglas Fields, Scientific American)

Teens have oral sex along with—not instead of—vaginal sex
(Laura Lindberg et al, Journal of Adolescent Health / Will Dunham, Reuters)

"16% of US science teachers are creationists"
(Michael Berkman et al, PLoS Biology / Bob Holmes, New Scientist)

Technological innovation by chimps
(Bruce Bower, Science News)