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There are lots of numbers — gigabytes, megabits, megapixels — in bold type consumer-electronic ads designed to make products appealing. But letting those numbers dictate your shopping usually leads to buying more than you need.

The World’s Technology Podcast Thanksgiving Early Edition, or something. This week, two separate teams of scientists in America and Japan claim a major scientific breakthrough in stem cell science. We have the details. Also, a manual of standard operating procedures at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility is leaked online. And we end with an in-depth look at how the bio-tech industry is trying to combat a growing global health issue — obesity. All that, plus we pardon the Thanksgiving turkey, on this edition of The World’s Technology Podcast.