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VIDEO: Nancy Grace Roman, one of the first female scientists at NASA, is known to many as the “Mother of the Hubble” for her role in developing the Hubble Space Telescope.

VIDEO: U.S. health officials are concerned about the increasing number of American teenagers smoking electronic cigarettes, a practice commonly known as vaping. So many teenagers are taking up the habit that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is worried it’s become an epidemic.

VIDEO: The high cost of food in Venezuela and constant shortages have forced many Venezuelans to rummage through trash to find something to eat. According to a survey by a Caracas nonprofit that studies social issues, prices for basic food items are soaring.

The southern Philippine island of Mindanao looks likely to enter a second full year of martial law in January, and many there feel thankful.

VIDEO: In East Africa, people with the genetic disorder albinism face difficult lives marked by bullying at school, discrimination in jobs and being hunted because of superstitious beliefs. An advocacy group in Kenya is trying to counter misconceptions about albinos, and give them a more secure place in society.