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Days after the December 2012 Delhi gang rape, Amitabh Bachchan asked the question haunting India: a nation that worships goddesses yet brutalizes daughters.

In December 2012, researchers proposed that epigenetic 'epi-marks' explain homosexuality, offering a new answer to an old evolutionary puzzle.

Pope Benedict XVI joined Twitter on December 12, 2012, sending his first tweet to the world's Catholics and to anyone else paying attention.

Diet, fashion, and now weddings: Indian couples are giving the big fat wedding a vegan twist, from dairy-free feasts to cruelty-free finery.

Thieves dug up dozens of graves at Paris's Pantin cemetery for gold teeth, and gravediggers were among those arrested in the 2012 crime wave.

From Russia's paperwork maze to India's beautiful chaos, eight destinations where even seasoned travelers are smarter with a guide at their side.

Belgian researchers built a curved LCD display that fits inside a contact lens, promising text messages and directions projected straight onto the eye.

When Charlie Bit My Finger passed 500 million YouTube views in 2012, the 56-second home video became the defining artifact of the early viral internet.

Jane Perez was sued for $750,000 over her Yelp reviews of contractor Christopher Dietz. The case became a landmark fight over online free speech.

Thieves stole thousands of dollars in donated Christmas gifts from St. Anne's Parish in Shrewsbury, MA. Then Hasbro stepped in to replace them all.

Seniors at The Willows in Newhall protested a 2012 order to remove their Christmas tree. The management company backed down within a day.

Naperville's 'Chai, Chat with Books' club brings eight women together over chai and chaat to talk books. A diary note on why book clubs endure.

Researcher Terri Orbuch found that when husbands felt close to their wives' parents, couples reported happier marriages. The in-law effect is real.

Organic or fresh? USDA scientist Gene Lester's research suggests the question is wrong: what matters is how recently produce was picked and handled.

Back in 2012, a 99-cent Android app promised to rescue Thanksgiving with tandoori turkey, kalakand, and five more fusion recipes. The idea outlived the app.

In 2012, Walmart opened at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving and Target at 9. The Black Friday creep had officially swallowed the holiday itself.

In 2012, FDNY firefighter Anthony Harper said colleagues harassed him after he quit the firehouse meals and went vegetarian. The department denied it.

A rodent study reported by the New York Times found that exercise blunted the memory-impairing effects of a high-fat diet. Here is what it did and did not show.

Diwali is the festival of lights, but the real diya is the mind. A short reflection on what the festival asks of us, from our 2012 archives.

This book column looks at Lawrence Anthony's The Elephant Whisperer: a rogue elephant herd, a Zululand reserve, and a bond that crossed species.