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A 60-year-old woman gives birth to twins after fertility treatment in India, showcasing the growing popularity of medical tourism.

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• A 60-year old woman in Canada gave birth to twins after seeking fertility treatment in India.

• Human hair has been shown to be good fertilizer

. The first organic farm

in Kenya's largest slum is instead getting their fertilizer from food scraps. • This week was big for sewage: Oslo plans to produce methane from human waste to power 200 of the city’s public buses

by September, and a study found that biogas can meet half of the country’s demand

for domestic gas heating. • In exciting news for alternative energy, researchers in Australia have developed spray-on solar panels

. They will be cheaper and more efficient than traditional solar panels, and hopefully will withstand uneven application better than blotch-producing spray-on suntans. • And finally...dominoes? Watch

what Danish mathematicians do with their time and many, many beer bottles:

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