Teen Skepchick’s Reality Checks 12.16

• Two out of the three winners of the 2011 Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology are girls. (via MSNBC)
• The National Institutes of Health has suspended new funding for research performed on chimpanzees and accepted uniform guidelines used to determine if such research is necessary. (via The New York Times)
• Himalayan glacier “deflates,” and it’s caught on video. (via Scientific American)
• How are candy canes made? Hint: No fairies are involved. (via io9)

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