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http://www.salon.com/2016/07/08/unexpected_side_effects_of_popping_pills_research_shows_common_painkillers_can_reduce_empathy_partner/?source=newsletter

Unexpected side effects of popping pills: Research shows common painkillers can reduce empathyPainkillers like Tylenol and Midol might be making us less sensitive to other people's pain

http://www.globalmeatnews.com/Products/Lab-grown-meat-to-revolutionise-food-sector/?utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=07-Jul-2016&c=1Mhw64nyxKkvjMF0glbHPObZY3YOQrJB&p2=#

Lab-grown meat to ‘revolutionise’ food sectorTel-Aviv business SuperMeat has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise investment in developing technology that makes lab-grown poultry a viable replacement in the meat industry.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2016/07/06/forget-religion-and-politics-dating-newest-deal-breaker-diet/LoIPVWYZ7tZAibTZAea3fI/story.html?s_campaign=email_BG_TodaysHeadline&s_campaign=

Forget religion and politics. Dating’s newest deal-breaker? Diet. - The Boston GlobeIn an era in which we’ve grown increasingly particular -- and passionate -- about what we put in our bodies, incompatible eating habits have become, in many cases, dating’s newest deal-breaker.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/07/07/the-obama-administration-just-made-arctic-drilling-hard-to-do-but-not-impossible/?wpisrc=al_alert-hse

The Obama administration just made Arctic drilling hard to do — but not impossibleCompanies aren't queuing up to drill in the Arctic now, at a time of low oil prices, but that doesn’t mean they won’t attempt to do so in the future.

http://wtvr.com/2016/05/17/dog-that-died-in-petsmart-groomers-care-had-broken-ribs-punctured-lung-police/

http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/686941/Whales-harvest-UK-coastline-Kent-beautiful-bloody-shore-traditional

Slaughter in surf: 50 whales KILLED in heartbreaking return of bloody 'harvest'BEAUTIFUL shorelines will be running red as the infamous “grindadráp” – the traditional harvest of hundreds of whales – begins today.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3678666/Son-elephant-tries-revive-dead-mother-India.html?ito=social-facebook

Watch the heart-breaking moment a baby elephant tries to revive motherThe mother and son were walking along in Pallam near the Kavadiammal temple in Southern India when she collapsed and died, prompting her son to try desperately to revive her.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/160316-helmeted-hornbill-trafficking-smuggling-red-ivory/

These Rare Birds Are Being Slaughtered for Their 'Ivory'The "horn" above the helmeted hornbill’s beak is even more lucrative than elephant ivory—and even rarer.

https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/what-kat-von-ds-all-vegan-pledge-means-for-the-makeup-world-190736514.html

http://www.mercyforanimals.org/foster-farms-employee-convicted-of-animal

American “Humane” Certified Worker Convicted of Animal CrueltyFoster Farms and American Humane Association lie to the public about being humane.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3677772/2-mountain-lion-litters-California-mountains.html

Two litters of mountain lion kittens found in California mountainsPhotos and video of two litters of mountain lion kittens discovered in the Santa Susana Mountains north of Los Angeles have been released by The National Park Service.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3679002/GPS-helps-cockroaches-navigate-surroundings-just-like-us.html

Who would have thought. Cockroaches use GPS to get around just like usResearchers from Case Western Reserve in Ohio put roaches on rotating platforms and discovered a sophisticated navigation system similar to the GPS we often use.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3678956/Forget-cheese-Super-sniffer-mice-ability-hone-scent-someday-detect-bombs.html

Forget cheese! Super-sniffer mice could hone in on ANY scentResearchers at Hunter College, the City University of New York, created the mice that can be tuned to have different levels of sensitivity to any smell by using mouse or human odour receptors, which respond to airborne chemicals.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3678666/Son-elephant-tries-revive-dead-mother-India.html

Watch the heart-breaking moment a baby elephant tries to revive motherThe mother and son were walking along in Pallam near the Kavadiammal temple in Southern India when she collapsed and died, prompting her son to try desperately to revive her.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3678586/Now-s-bear-hug-Bizarre-footage-shows-Russian-man-grappling-huge-animal-wrestling-contest.html

Russian man grapples with a bear in wrestling contestSmiling throughout the exchange, the man is egged on by those watching on, and actually seems like he is enjoying himself. The unusual clash took place in woods in Russia.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3678554/Colony-MILLION-penguins-face-wiped-island-South-America-covered-ash-huge-volcanic-eruption.html

Colony of a MILLION penguins face being wiped outNearly half of Zavodovski Island - between Argentina and Antarctica and home to the world's largest colony of chinstrap penguins - has been covered in ash from an erupting volcano.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3679007/Welcome-home-Heart-warming-moment-three-critically-endangered-orangutans-including-two-orphans-released-Borneo-rainforest.html

Welcome home! Moment 3 orangutans are released into the wildThe animals had been in the care of a rehabilitation centre in West Borneo before rescuers decided they were ready to be released into a new home in a vast national park.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3679579/Could-drones-shooting-peanut-butter-treats-sky-save-America-s-rarest-ferret-Bizarre-plan-wipe-plague-revealed.html

Drones shooting peanut butter sweets may save America's rarest ferretThe plan offers an unusual ray of hope for the endangered black-footed ferrets, administering baited plague vaccines across 1,200 acre habitat to preserve their main food source – prairie dogs.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3678439/Having-REALLY-wild-time-Revellers-Pamplona-s-Running-Bulls-festival-let-strangers-grope-breasts.html

Girls go wild as revelers grope their breasts in PamplonaThousands of party-goers crammed into the streets of the northern Spanish town as the nine-day event got under way. And women roared with laughter as they exposed themselves.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-3669253/Nobel-laureate-J-M-Coetzee-speaks-against-animal-cruelty.html

Nobel laureate J.M. Coetzee speaks against animal crueltyNobel prize winning author J.M. Coetzee denounced animal cruelty in a rare public reading, calling for humans to treat them with "justice". The 76-year-old n...