XKCD sums it up, as usual

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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