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  Mystery Surrounds Prevalence of Twins in Indian Village

  A small village in India is home to more than 200 sets of twins.

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  Babies Grasp Dogs' Emotions

  Babies can distinguish between and angry and friendly dog bark.

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  Robots Could Replace Teachers

  More and more of us will learn from robots in the future, but human teachers will still be the norm, according to a "new science of learning."

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  Captive Alligators Breed in Wild

  Chinese alligators that were reintroduced to the wild have successfully mated and produced offspring

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  Wallets with Baby Photos Returned More Often

  Researchers left 240 wallets around Edinburgh, Scotland, to see how many would be returned.

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  Crying Baby Monkeys Get on Everyone's Nerves

  When baby rhesus monkeys want to suckle, they do what human infants do: cry, cry, cry.

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  Harder for Women to Look at Birth-defect Babies

  Is it a maternal love problem? Don't bank on it.

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  'April's Mom' Hoax Played on Faith

  A pregnant young woman spent months blogging about her compelling personal journey of anguish.

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  Baby Stars Found in Galactic Center

  Astronomers finally able to detect newborn stars in center of Milky Way.

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  Home Test for Fetus Gender Raises Abortion Concerns

  You just collect some urine, swirl it in the test vessel, and in 10 minutes you'll know.

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  TV Causes Learning Lag in Infants

  Too much TV can stunt a baby's language development.

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  Music Soothes Circumcision Pain

  Music may reduce pain for babies during certain procedures, research suggests

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  Dinosaur Graveyard Suggests Feeding Frenzy

  Fossilized remains of a feeding frenzy show how a raptor-like dinosaur snacked on baby plant-eating dinosaurs.

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  HBO Gets Deadly Serious With Alzheimer's

  Alzheimer's disease is getting spotlight treatment from a new HBO series.

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  Donated Vaccines Could Save 2.5 Million Quiet Little Lives

  No death is more painful, more poignant, more of a waste, than the death of a child. In Rwanda, swine flu isn't the big culprit.

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  Childbirth Painful for Neanderthal Women, Too

  Childbirth was probably just as painful for Neanderthals as it is for us.

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  Census Finds Unknown Young Stars of Orion

  Astronomers completed the most wide-ranging census of baby stars in and around the Orion nebula.

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  Mom's Diet Can Change Unborn Baby's Genetics

  If a mother rat does not eat well, her offspring exhibit genetic changes that affect what they'll become.

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  Bilingual Babies Get an Early Edge

  Babies may get an early learning advantage from bilingual parents.

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  Teen Leaders More Likely to Have Kids Later

  Leadership and overachievement might be a good predictor of which kids will go on to become parents.

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  A Mother's Touch: Handling Determines Future

  Daughters' genes governing mothering style are switched on or off by their mothers' actions.