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The day has finally come as many has long predicted and hoped: Facebook today filed its S1 registration . We're combing through the numbers at present--we'll update as we get a better grasp on the figures--but here are the initial highlights. Net income for 2011 reached $1 billion in 2011, on revenue of $3.7 billion, up from $606 million on revenues of $1.97 billion in 2010

When I was a kid, I used to spend hours listening to Adam Carolla and Dr. Drew Pinsky on their Sunday night call-in radio show Loveline .

Female blacklegged tick courtesy of Graham Hickling/University of Tennessee Lyme disease is notoriously tough to diagnose. The symptoms often don’t appear for one or two weeks after a bite and can vary from feeling flu-ish to longer-term neurological damage. And ticks seem to lie in wait throughout much of the U.S., prepared to pounce and infect a passerby

How state science standards stack up, according to a new report from The Fordham Institute A new report from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute paints a grim picture of state science standards across the United States.

We dug into the IPO filing. Is Facebook really worth $100 billion? What does it mean for capital markets?

Journalist and author Maryn McKenna talks about fecal transplants, which have proven to be exceptionally effective at remodeling the intestinal microbiome and curing C. diff infections, but which remain in regulatory limbo. Website related to this episode include www.marynmckenna.com , Swapping Germs: Should Fecal Transplants Become Routine for Debilitating Diarrhea?

To a female orb web spider, a suitable male can look like a mate--and a meal. For these spiders, the dating game has turned into a deadly dance of evolutionary one-upsmanship. [More]

Honey soothes a sore throat.

Oh, to be a fly on the auditory cortex! [More]

KWADUKUZA, South Africa--A Zulu crowd's ululations welcomed Jacob Zuma, president of the Republic of South Africa, back to KwaZulu–Natal, his home province. He had come to tell them of his commitment to bring them, and the rest of the nation, better access to energy--as well as to announce the distribution of solar-powered hot water heaters and LED lighting systems as well as clean-burning cookstoves. [More]

A mysterious, centuries-long cool spell, dubbed the Little Ice Age, appears to have been caused by a series of volcanic eruptions and sustained by sea ice, a new study indicates. [More]

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Leonardo da Vinci 's drawing of a male figure perfectly inscribed in a circle and square, known as the "Vitruvian Man," illustrates what he believed to be a divine connection between the human form and the universe. Beloved for its beauty and symbolic power, it is one of the most famous images in the world

The medical marijuana drug Sativex, which could be approved in the United States in the coming years as a treatment for pain relief, has little potential for abuse, experts say. [More]

Earlier this month, the scientists who altered the H5N1 virus to create a more contagious strain that's transmissible between ferrets, agreed to a temporary moratorium, due to safety concerns. The NewsHour reported the story here and here . [More]