Our money is on the appearance of a wee lass for the Royal couple, based on word from researchers from the University of Exeter in the U.K., who are touting studies that show stress during the pregnancy and morning sickness point to the likelihood of having a girl. For those who have been tracking royal baby news, you may recall the Duchess was hit with a serious bout of morning sickness early in her pregnancy, and being the most-watched mom-to-be in the world right now is surely stressful. Source

In a newly published paper, Dr. Sergio Canavero from the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group claimed that it is now "technically feasible" to perform head transplants. Of course, he's discussing the procedure as a treatment for people with spinal cord injuries, but we can't help but wonder � who's body would you transplant your head onto? Source

Popping a Vicodin (or two) when you've got a headache might seem harmless, but there's mounting evidence that we need to take prescription painkillers a lot more seriously. Over the past 10 years, deaths from painkiller overdoses has risen 400 percent for women. To give you a little perspective, in 2010 more women died from painkillers than car crashes. A big part of the issue: women taking multiple pills at once and "doctor shopping" for prescriptions. (Source)

Remember the woman who went a full year without looking in a mirror to overcome her obsession with her looks? Another bold beauty has given up makeup, covered her hair, and let go of a big chunk of her wardrobe for nine months to see how the social experiment shapes her sense of self worth. In a piece written for Salon, she called the experiment "frightening ... and liberating." Source