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Cervical cancer vaccine stirs hope and debate

According to the Centers for Disease Control, at least 50 percent of sexually active people contract a genital HPV infection. About 6.2 million new cases are diagnosed each year, the agency reports, and by age 50 at least 80 percent of women will be infected.

Israeli photo application promises more beautiful you

Since its unveiling in Boston, the response to the Beauty Function has been overwhelming: Media, including New Scientist and Forbes, have been eager to report on a computer program that can change the landscape of digital photography.

Mud’s a dirty business but entrepreneur digs it

\”My goal is to be able to support the community I live in and support the organizations that are working to protect the Copper River…. It supports wildlife and a human food resource, and it\’s something that I want to see preserved for generations into the future,\” Padawer said.

After 40, it’s all maintenance

The other day at the gym, the teacher sent us to the wall for a set of standing push-ups.

\”Place your hands on the wall at breast level,\” she instructed.

I placed my hands on the wall at breast level. I saw that my hands were headed for the Gulf of Mexico.

In the ‘hood, the treat is no trick

Halloween is seen as the crowning achievement of secular emptiness. You celebrate, glorify, trivialize and idolize something as deep and holy as death, and in return, your kids get to gorge on KitKats and day-glow jawbreakers.

Books: Kristallnacht’s memory revealed and recovered

Kristallnacht marked the end of Jewish life in Germany; a pivotal turning point in what later became known as the Holocaust. A generation is passing, but it is a generation that has left behind voluminous records, testimonies and memoirs, video recordings and diaries, letters and notes.

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