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- Newborn Babies Cry in Native Tongue
- The early seeds of language can be heard in the sound of crying babies.
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- Unhealthy Food Ads Pervasive on Kids' Shows
- If you think SpongeBob puts junk in your kids' heads, then you need to pay closer attention to the commercials.
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- U.S. Child Deaths from Swine Flu Exceed 100
- Nineteen swine flu-related pediatric deaths were reported last week.
More Children News and Information
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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.
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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?
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