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Women's bodies have evolved spines for pregnancy that keep them steady.
The U.S. teen birth rate rises for the first time in 15 years.
Babies can tell people who might help them from those that might hinder them.
Are we the only animals that make fools of ourselves over our babies?
Moms with lots of oxytocin bond better with their babies.
While resting, infants show active brain regions.
People can recognize baby talk in foreign languages.
Educational videos for infants delay speech development, new study says.
High rate of word-learning in toddlers may not need complex mechanisms.
First baby is born after oocytes were matured in the lab and frozen.
The finding could lead to new male fertility tests and contraception.
Infants see and hear things that older babies and adults cannot.
More cavities for the first time in 40 years might point to a lack of fluoridated water.
Forty percent of infants regular TV watchers.
In the largest research project ever undertaken on a child mummy, scientists reveal details of the origins of a mummified infant.
Infants may have been considered equal members of society 27,000 years ago, contrary to the belief they were treated with indifference.
Add baby bats to the small but growing list of creatures that babble before they can fully communicate.
Research confirms infants can spot arithmetic errors.