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2:49 pm
Mon October 15, 2012

Girls Vaccinated For HPV Not More Likely To Be Sexually Active

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An 18-year-old girl winces as she has her third and final shot of the HPV vaccine.
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Originally published on Mon March 25, 2013 1:49 pm

Giving the human papillomavirus vaccine to teenage girls doesn't increase the likelihood that they will be sexually active, according to a new study.

That may help put parents at ease; the notion of vaccinating 11- and 12-year-old girls for a sexually transmitted virus has made some uncomfortable, and is one reason why only a little more than half of teenage girls have had the vaccine.

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The Salt
2:33 pm
Mon October 15, 2012

Jerusalem: A Love Letter To Food And Memories Of Home

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A boy chooses fruit from a stall as Jerusalem market vendors swirl around him.
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A fresh fruit and vegetable stall in Jerusalem.
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Bagels on display in a Jerusalem market.
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In Jerusalem, many worlds come together, yet remain apart, at the marketplace.
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A shopper chooses a melon from a market stall in Jerusalem.
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A boy chooses fruit from a stall as Jerusalem market vendors swirl around him.
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Sami Tamimi is a partner and the head chef at Ottolenghi, a restaurant with four London locations.
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Originally published on Mon October 15, 2012 5:46 pm

Jerusalem is known for its bitter politics, a divided city where decades of religious and political strife have torn away shared spaces. But as British-Israeli chef Yotam Ottolenghi tells NPR's Melissa Block, if there's one place in which Jerusalemites of all stripes still stand united, it's in their love of food.

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The Two-Way
2:19 pm
Mon October 15, 2012

Citizen Scientists Discover A Strange Planet In Four-Star System

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An artist's illustration of PH1, a planet discovered by volunteers from the Planet Hunters citizen science project. PH1, shown in the foreground, is a circumbinary planet and orbits two suns.
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The universe continues to surprise us. Two citizen scientists have discovered a very rare world: A planet that orbits two stars and has a second pair of stars revolving around it.

Wired explains just how odd this is:

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Monkey See
1:32 pm
Mon October 15, 2012

'Beauty Is Embarrassing': Giant Puppets, Painted Words, And What Art Is All About

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A giant LBJ puppet head is one of Wayne White's creations in the documentary Beauty Is Embarrassing.
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Originally published on Mon October 15, 2012 2:13 pm

I didn't actually know the name "Wayne White" when I went to see the documentary Beauty Is Embarrassing at Silverdocs this summer. But as it turns out, I've certainly seen his work, and even if, like me, you're not visual-arts-oriented enough to know his marvelous word paintings, you may have, too.

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Movie Interviews
1:32 pm
Mon October 15, 2012

Tyler Perry Transforms: From Madea To Family Man

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Tyler Perry is currently starring in the new action thriller Alex Cross, which opens in theaters on Friday.
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Originally published on Mon October 15, 2012 1:40 pm

Whenever Tyler Perry is in front of the camera, he's usually behind it as well. A screenwriter, director, producer and star, Perry grew up poor in New Orleans, but he has become a movie phenomenon — he was described in the New Yorker as the most financially successful black man the American film industry has ever known.

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