Answering criticisms of the "exploding brassiere" story told by 94-year-old Betty Jenkins on NPR Morning Edition's StoryCorps segment last week, senior producer Michael Garofalo said in an email to the science blog Terra Sigillata that the content had been thoroughly fact-checked in advance and that he and his fellow producers "felt confident running the piece." Read more...

Via Weird News: TMZ.com is reporting that transgender male Thomas Beatie, who made headlines a few months back as the "world's first pregnant man," gave birth to a baby girl on Monday after checking into a Bend, Oregon maternity ward under an assumed name.

Read more about it:
• Pregnant Man: No Longer Pregnant - TMZ.com
• 'Pregnant Man' Gives Birth to Girl - ABC News
• The Pregnant Man - Urban Legends