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Bollywood Superstar Under Investigation for Pre-Natal Gender Testing

India's strict ban on pre-natal diagnostic tests aka finding out if your unborn child is a boy or a girl have been rigorously enforced since federal legislation on the matter passed in 1994.

Supreme Court Ruling On Gene Patenting May Be A Boon For Biotech Startups

Buried in the ongoing PRISM debacle, there was actually some hopeful news out of Washington D.C. for startups this week.

Working mothers sole breadwinners for 40% of US families, study shows

Dramatic shift in number of women out-earning their husbands has soared in the past five decades, up from 11% in 1960

Working mothers are now the sole breadwinners for 40% of US families, a dramatic cultural shift brought about by a record number of married women out-earning their husbands

"Sandy Babies" Might Not Strictly Be Sandy Babies, Say Skeptics

What hath Hurricane Sandy really wrought? Apparently, lots of babies.

According to overburdened record books of several New York hospitals, the storm, which hit the Northeast just about nine months ago, along with the resulting blackouts, apocalyptic panic, and the epic boredom that comes f

Dolphin-Assisted Births Seem Like Questionable Life Choices

Dolphins are magical, highly-intelligent creatures that play with surfers, save drunk people from riptides, and jump over the rings of Lisa Frank"s neon-splattered Saturn.

Schrödinger's Cat and RCU (Well, Structured Procrastination, Actually)

McKenney, one of the Linux RCU implementors, addresses the problem of synchronization using structured deferral on, what else, Mr Schrödinger's famous cat.

Courtesy of deferral/procrastination, the cat can be both alive and dead at the same time.

Kids Finally Learn to Put a Bag on It, and Teen Birth Rates Drop

Following trends from the past several years, a report released Thursday by the Center for Disease Control indicates that all those crazy anti-teen pregnancy ads might be working, because the rate of teen births dropped 25 percent between 2007 and 2011.

Teen Birth Rate Continues To Drop Across The Country, But Remains Stubbornly Higher In The South

states saw a dramatic drop in their teen birth rates between 2007 and 2011, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control.