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How do we absorb past hurts without carrying the negative emotions and radically altering our experience of the present? It’s the struggle of life. For researchers and therapists, it’s also a lifelong subject of study.

In today’s news: the secret to perfect homemade tofu; Prince Andrew and the pedophile; China’s artificial hymen industry; children only make older parents happier; and stalking rates are higher in eastern Canada.

Ever since Viagra hit the market, pharmaceutical companies have been clamouring to fabricate a female libido-boosting equivalent. But a new book by author Ray Moynihan titled "Sex, Lies and Pharmaceuticals: How Drug Companies Are Bankrolling the Next Big Condition for Women," questions whether we really need to improve our sex drives at all.

By now you've probably already heard about the reality TV show gaff heard round the world, as earlier this week Sarah Murdoch announced the wrong winner on the season finale of Australia's Next Top Model. Now Murdoch is admitting that she didn't actually know who the winner was at the critical moment, so she guessed.

The top 10 product releases of the year, according to Forbes; a ballerina fights back against the critic who called her fat; a revealing profile of Oprah and her future plans; why Twitter is for narcissists; and breast cancer is on the rise among pregnant women.