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GOOD NEWS

Cause of stunted growth discovered

The genetic cause of a syndrome that causes stunted growth in babies has eluded scientists since it was discovered 20 years ago. Now, a gene mutation has been pinpointed as the culprit.

LiveScience

Hayward student’s geography bee move pays off

Varun Mahadevan, 13, of Hayward, Calif., took a high-risk bet that landed him a $10,000 college scholarship and third place in the National Geographic Bee.

San Francisco Chronicle

Hospice may help an ailing, aging animal

Hospice care for animals can add weeks or months to the life of a terminally ill pet. The pain meds are not expensive and the supplies for the subcutaneous injections cost about $30 a month.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

WORLD

Illegal kidney trade booms as new organ is ‘sold every hour’

The illegal trade in kidneys has risen to such a level that an estimated 10,000 black market operations involving purchased human organs now take place annually, or more than one an hour.

Guardian

Egypt candidates file appeals, cite fraud in 1st round vote

Three top candidates in Egypt’s presidential race filed appeals to the election commission, alleging violations in the first round vote that they say could change the outcome.

USA TODAY

Hooded, then interrogated for 81 days

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, one of the most outspoken critics of the Communist Party, breaks his silence on his detention, isolation and the endless interrogation.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

ENVIRONMENT

Culture splits climate views rather than science smarts

Support for climate science doesn’t increase with science literacy, a survey suggests. Rather, people with technical backgrounds just dig in harder on their views about global warming.

USA TODAY

Soft-shell lobsters arrive early in Maine

Strange things are happening in Maine: Many lobsters have prematurely shed their hard shells, and lobstermen are hauling large numbers of soft-shelled lobsters much earlier than usual.

Environmental News Network

Molting lobster in real time

YouTube

HEALTH

Scientists work to turn bad fat into good

Ohio State University researchers have triggered a neurological process in mice that they believe could one day help people lose weight. The team changed the fat makeup of mice in the absence of cold.

Columbus Dispatch

Feeling strong emotions makes peoples’ brains ‘tick together’

Human emotions are highly contagious. Seeing others’ emotional expressions such as smiles triggers often the corresponding emotional response in the observer.

Medical News Today

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Astronauts aboard International Space Station to spend holiday unpacking

Rather than kick their feet up, the astronauts aboard the International Space Station will be unloading cargo from the first private spacecraft ever to visit the orbiting lab.

Discovery News

Dragon’s Space Station arrival in pictures

SPACE.com

Internet freedom advocates take a page from caped crusader

Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian and online advocacy group Fight for the Future are said to plan a “Bat-Signal for the Internet” to provide websites with code that can be triggered in case of freedom-infringing.

PC Advisor

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The unstoppable rise of heckling

President Obama endures it. So does Mitt Romney. Comics make a living off it. And pro atheletes often hear choruses of taunts. So what is it that makes heckling such a cultural institution?

NPR

How the prevelance of porn is changing our everyday lives

It’s everywhere — from pop videos to fashion magazines to the theatrical stage. But is the creeping ubiquity of pornography changing the way we behave toward each other?

The Independent

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