The following is the 3rd part of an exclusive Impact Lab series called the Twelve Trends of Christmas by Thomas Frey.  Title:  Open Source Penal Colony

The world’s first cloned cat just became a mother - and she even did it without test tubes.

World’s tallest man Bao Xishun reaches down a dolphin’s throat to remove plastic shards in its stomach in Fushun, northeast China’s Liaoning province.  Great photos.

According to a new study, laughter truly is contagious: the brain responds to the sound of laughter and preps the muscles in the face to join in the mirth.

Much like the 21st-century version of going out fo a Sunday drive: Blow up the hot-air blimp, take it for a spin, then fold it up and put it away.