XKCD sums it up, as usual

Ice! In St. Louis! So much for global warming.

http://m.xkcd.com/1321/

At the Financial Times Global Pharmaceutical & Biotech Conference this week, Bayer AG CEO, Marijn Dekkers, is reported to have said that Bayer didn’t develop its cancer drug, Nexavar (sorafenib) for India but for Western patients that can afford it. That’s a pretty provocative comment.

http://onforb.es/1eJG4Zj

Scientists discover world’s oldest cancer has survived – passing from host to host – for 11,000 years

http://ind.pn/KQf1kJ

Guards May Be Responsible for Half of Prison Sexual Assaults

http://bit.ly/1hOX8ya

New criteria may reduce autism diagnoses

http://reut.rs/KMIyLp

Israel admits Ethiopian women were given birth control shots

http://bit.ly/1fhQZsb

Making the Grade: Why the Cheapest Maple Syrup Tastes Best

http://bit.ly/19DjX1P

When Parents Yank Their Kids Out of Standardized Tests

http://bit.ly/1cX0bka

What happens if enough New York parents say they don’t want their kids to take tests?

http://nymag.com/news/features/anti-testing-2013-12/

FBI arrests reputed mobsters on charges straight out of 'Goodfellas'

http://cnn.it/1aOAfZR

Move over quinoa, Ethiopia's teff poised to be next big super grain

http://bit.ly/1eURBn8

XKCD sums it up, as usual

Ice! In St. Louis! So much for global warming.

http://m.xkcd.com/1321/

Israel admits Ethiopian women were given birth control shots

http://bit.ly/1fhQZsb

Making the Grade: Why the Cheapest Maple Syrup Tastes Best

http://bit.ly/19DjX1P

When Parents Yank Their Kids Out of Standardized Tests

http://bit.ly/1cX0bka

What happens if enough New York parents say they don’t want their kids to take tests?

http://nymag.com/news/features/anti-testing-2013-12/

Oh, here's something to make you smile!

I had to stop by the bathroom at the Union Square Barnes and Noble when I picked up the CSA. Third floor, stall closest to the handicapped stall, and as is usual the tampon trash bin was covered in graffiti.

One person had started with "I'm really a man, I'm worried, how do I tell my bf?" and I guess all the repliers decided to trust this question was asked seriously, because the responses were full of support, including a very prominent "if he can't accept you for who you are, you can do better".

Which I know is not always the response transgender individuals get when coming out to strangers in the bathroom. And you might have assumed that the anonymity of leaving graffiti in a stall would make people more cruel instead of more kind, but not this time! It made me pretty happy about the day.