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Scientists create artificial sperm

German scientists have made progress in creating artificial sperm - the first step in helping infertile men fertilize eggs.

Or, it could be seen as a step towards making males totally redundant, so women can conceive without a man at all.

What do you think about eliminating men from the baby-making equation? 

Can Sips at Home Prevent Binges?

New York Times writer Eric Asimov wonders if allowing teenagers and older children to try an occasional sip of wine at home will make alcohol less of a taboo, and help kids develop a healthy relationship with drinking. He speaks to other parents who believe that doing so only introduces them to alcohol sooner.

What do you think? Check out his wine-and-kids odyssey here.

 

Web tip leads mom to Asia, abducted son

During a weekend visit, Jeffrey Salko, kidnapped his seven-year-old son, Kobe, and disappeared without a trace. It turns out he took the boy to South Korea (Salko's homeland), where he planned to start a new life. Kobe's mother, Queens special education teacher Tiffany Rubin, was completely distraught, having no idea where her son was, or how he was doing. She followed tips sent to her MySpace page to track her Kobe down in South Korea.

Salko is now facing arrest and extradition to America.

What punishment do you think this father should face?

The Secret to a Happy Marriage? Marry Ugly.

A new study published in the Journal of Family Psychology found that the best marriages are those where women marry men who are less attractive than themselves. Researchers studied 82 couples and found men who were better-looking than their wives were more likely to be unhappy and have negative feelings about their marriages while in couples where the wife is more attractive, both seemed to be equally satisfied.

So...what do you think? And, who is the more attractive half in your marriage? 

Medical Mistakes in Hospitals

Dennis Quaid and his wife, Kimberly, appeared on 60 Minutes Sunday night to recount the experience when a hospital's mistake resulted in their newborn twins receiving a life-threatening overdose of the drug Heparin.

Now, four months later, their twins are thankfully doing fine and the Quaids are focused on drawing attention to what is one of the leading causes of death in America - preventable human, medical error.

"These mistakes that occurred to us are not unique. And they're not unique even to Cedars. They happen in every hospital, in every state in this country. And 100,000 people, that I've come to find out, there's 100,000 people a year are killed every year in hospitals by a medical mistakes," he said.

Have you or anyone you know ever had to deal with an error made by a medical professional? 

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