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    • Medical research reveals shrinkage in mother’s brain as a result of pregnancy. Shrinking in regions indicate that loss of gray matter in these regions become more specialized for efficiency which helps a new mother better care for her baby and links to long-term changes in brain. (Science News Org), (Nature)
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  • Carrie Fisher, the actress best known for the role of Princess Leia in the Star Wars franchise, suffers a massive heart attack while on a flight and is rushed to a hospital near Los Angeles International Airport in critical condition. (Mirror)
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  • A vaccine for the ebola virus is discovered to be 99.78%–99.87% effective. (NPR)
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  • Snow falls in the Sahara desert for the first time in 37 years. (CNN)
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  • Regulators in the European Union initiate a "public consultation" on Big Data looking at whether more regulation or supervision of the collection of high volumes of information on individuals is appropriate. (Reuters)
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  • Companies shut down production in Beijing and cars are taken off the road after a red alert for smog is issued in northern China. Dozens of cities have closed schools due to the smog. (AP)
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