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  Children Who Get Spanked Have Lower IQs

  Spanking could shave points off kids IQs.

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  Brain Learns to Detect Danger as a Baby Learns to Crawl

  Study shows that as babies mobilize, they also start to develop danger detection abilities.

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  Wolves Beat Dogs on Logic Test

  Wolves do better on some logic tests than dogs, a new study found.

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  Baby Dolphins Don't Sleep

  Challenging the idea that growing babies need rest, marine mammals stay awake for over a month. Cetacean babies are "just the reverse" of all other mammals.

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  12 Babies? Farce

  What's amazing is how widely it was reported by major media and science web sites without much skepticism.

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  Babies' Brains Churning With Activity

  Baby's brain lights up when watching others grab for toys.

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  Baby Declared Dead, Found Alive

  A baby in a coffin was found breathing by its father.

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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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  Kids Today on Tighter Leash, But Wild at Home

  Kids today have more autonomy at home compared with the past.

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  Babies Grasp Dogs' Emotions

  Babies can distinguish between and angry and friendly dog bark.

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  Seniors Set to Outnumber Little Kids

  In 10 years, the global 65-and-up population is expected outnumber children under five for the first time.

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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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  Childhood Tub & Shower Injuries Surprisingly High

  Thousands of young children are injured from bathtub slips and falls each year.

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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.

• Fountain of Youth Pill?

  In tests, the chemical increased the life expectancy of animals by a staggering 38 percent.

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  Laughter: Not Just for Funny Stuff

  Autistic children laugh in a unique way that could reveal more about the nature of human laughter, a study found.

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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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  Human Rituals: The Punctuation Marks of Life

  Rituals are important worldwide, and they help us move through life's big transitions.

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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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  Does a 4-year-old Need a Cell Phone?

  Mobile phones are being actively marketed to young kids now. Is it right?