Feeling a little awkward? Consider skipping the alcohol and grabbing a pet instead. As any dog walker knows, it's easy — unavoidable, even — to strike up conversations with strangers when accompanied by a canine friend. Smaller animals like rabbits and turtles can also lubricate social interactions. Given this effect, Maggie O'Haire, a doctoral candidate in psychology at the University of Queensland, wondered if animals could also help children with autism spectrum disorders connect with other people.

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A quarter of a million Americans die every year from sepsis, which is the body's reaction to overwhelming infection. This cascade of organ failure can be nipped in the bud if health care workers know it's ramping up, but that's often not easy to do. "Sepsis is a really frustrating disease," says Dr. David Carlbom, a critical care pulmonologist, and medical director of the sepsis program at the Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

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Play video content GAMIN' GIFTS Best teammate ever?!? Isaiah McKenzie just threw his hat into the ring for that title in the NFL ... 'cause the Bills wideout gifted his fellow receivers custom arcade game machines for the holidays -- and they're awesome!! McKenzie shared the presents with his guys on Thursday ... and you can see in video of the goodies, they're decked out in Bills colors -- with the players' pictures and jersey numbers on them too.

Redeem now The ship that carried the Titan submersible before it descended arrived back in Canada on Saturday. Investigators boarded the Polar Prince and conducted interviews with those on board. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is determining whether it should open a criminal investigation. The Polar Prince, the Canadian research ship that lost contact with the Titan submersible on Sunday, was met by investigators with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police when it returned to Newfoundland on Saturday with flags at half mast, The New York Times reported.

The Giver By Lois Lowry Purchase BookPurchase close overlay Buy Featured Book TitleThe GiverAuthorLois Lowry Your purchase helps support NPR programming. How? Amazon Independent Bookstores Just for a second, imagine a world without war, conflict or grief. Refreshing, right? But it's also a world without memory, at least in the premise of Lois Lowry's 1993 novel The Giver. The movie adaptation opened this week and stars Meryl Streep and Jeff Bridges.

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At least tens of thousands of people gathered in the nation's capital on Saturday for one of the biggest pro-Palestinian protests in the U.S. since the Israeli bombardment of Gaza began in response to the attack by Hamas militants last month. Protesters are pushing for a cease-fire in Gaza, where health officials say thousands of Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes. The event, organized by several pro-Palestinian groups, began with an afternoon rally at Freedom Plaza, before crowds began a march in a loop past the White House a few blocks away.

Over the past weekend, the Weeknd broke London Stadium’s record for highest attendance with his two-night stand at the venue on Friday and Saturday, which drew 160,000 people to his “After Hours Til Dawn Tour.