Fifty years ago, the typical first-time mother in the U.S. took about four hours to give birth. These days, women labor about 6 1/2 hours. Carsten/Three Lions/Getty Images hide caption
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Protesters chant and hold a copy of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution in front of Supreme Court in Washington as the court concluded three days of hearing arguments on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
Supporters of the health care law have recently embraced the term "Obamacare," a word they once recoiled from. Charles Dharapak/AP hide caption
Friday
An 18th-century Indian gathers cochineal. Newberry Library hide caption
Patch, a Great Dane, has a memo for you. Brian Smith/Flickr hide caption
A radiologist says more research is needed before everyone throws out their grill brush. Stephan Zabel/iStockphoto.com hide caption
A package of K2, a concoction of dried herbs sprayed with chemicals sometimes called synthetic marijuana. New York moved to ban a wide range of products like these this week. Kelley McCall/AP hide caption
Thursday
Thinking The Unthinkable: What If The Whole Affordable Care Act Goes Down?
This image shows the grid structure of the major pathways of the brain. It was created using a scanner that's part of the Human Connectome Project, a five-year effort which is studying and mapping the human brain. MGH-UCLA Human Connectome Project hide caption