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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Flu shot facts and side effects ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The seasonal flu shot is a yearly vaccine that protects against the flu, or influenza. Here's what you need to know about it. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VSMiRzagByALgmyEJvvDH9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Here&#039;s a look at the science of flu shots. Shown here, a vial and syringe.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Here&#039;s a look at the science of flu shots. Shown here, a vial and syringe.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ In which month are the most babies born? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Which of the 12 months has the most births? And why do babies tend to be born at certain times of the year? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2022 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:38:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Q. Choi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6gnDgQBdquyXt56oU9weBY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Meditation may have shaved 8 years of aging off Buddhist monk's brain ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Can meditation explain the monk's "young" brain? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2020 12:02:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:36:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/s67QyCwbLgqTodZ6E2dYqV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Richard Davidson (left), founder and director of the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (right), the Buddhist Tibetian Monk who participated in the study on brain aging, in a recent photo.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Richard Davidson (left), founder and director of the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (right), the Buddhist Tibetian Monk who participated in the study on brain aging, in a recent photo.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Vaping May Have Landed 8 Teens in the Hospital with Serious Lung Damage ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/66049-teens-hospitalized-lung-damage-vaping-wisconsin.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The number of cases seen in such a short period is concerning, officials say. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2019 18:26:20 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:52:27 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RiyWM244h53UcgP5Z2wiHc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Toddler Dies from E. Coli After Visiting Petting Zoo at County Fair ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A toddler died from an E. coli infection, and three other children fell ill with the same disease, after visiting the San Diego County Fair last month. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2019 17:21:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:02:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SZHDAdJUHevJzisjurE6UC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pregnant Women Who Eat More Fiber May Lower Child's Celiac Risk ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Mothers who eat a high-fiber diet in pregnancy may lower the risk of celiac disease in their children, a new study suggests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2019 23:06:43 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:24:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JpFpoteBQW2abAA2XcihTS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How Much Do Babies’ Skulls Get Squished During Birth? A Whole Lot, 3D Images Reveal ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/65487-3d-image-baby-skulls-birth.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Human birth canals are a tight fit for infants' big heads. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2019 20:01:55 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:25:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/avGHQfXBdQjiP6Csm8naDk-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Ami et al., 2019 ]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Passage through the birth canal exerts significant pressure on a fetus&#039;s head.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why Do Babies Babble? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/65110-why-do-babies-babble.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ It's not nearly as nonsensical as it may seem. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2019 12:01:40 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 15 Aug 2019 01:12:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emma Bryce ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TZokZre5ApPgmXKhKzoz9H-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Babies love babbling.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Baby girl with parents]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The World's Smallest Baby Boy Is Even More Remarkable Than You Think ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In August 2018, a baby boy was born in Tokyo  weighing only 9.45 ounces (268 grams) — about the weight of a bag of potato chips. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2019 17:33:05 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:59:01 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WmtWC8EAvruXe5XhM9QrMP-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Keio University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The baby boy before he was taken home from the hospital.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[tiny baby, keio university]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Here's Why a Perfect Heart Shape Showed Up on a Girl's X-Ray ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/64766-x-ray-heart-pendant.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ An unusual X-ray shows a cartoonish heart seemingly floating in a child's esophagus. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2019 11:27:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:29:41 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/z3Rv5bY2escEypQTGZsgKh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A &quot;heart-shaped foreign body&quot; appeared on a child&#039;s X-ray after she swallowed a metal pendant.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A &quot;heart-shaped foreign body&quot; appeared on a child&#039;s X-ray after she swallowed a metal pendant.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why Do Babies Cry on Airplanes? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/64714-why-babies-cry-on-airplanes.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The pressure caused by flying at altitude is particularly difficult to bear for babies and toddlers. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2019 14:19:04 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 15 Aug 2019 01:11:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jane Labous ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WWrhiftqUDuYufLoCEKJCE-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Air travel can be hard for babies.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Baby on airplane]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ More Babies Are Being Born with Intestines Outside the Body. Is the Condition Linked to Mom's Opioid Use? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/64547-gastroschisis-birth-defect-opioids.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A serious birth defect is on the rise in the United States, and a new report suggests it may be linked to opioid use. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2019 13:58:43 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:57:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/32HKSnK9FF4zmZMe8kmKzZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Prescription opioid pills and bottles.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Prescription opioid pills and bottles.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Even the Ancient Egyptians Had Homework, Preserved Tablet Shows ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/64458-ancient-egyptian-homework.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Thousands of years ago, young students still had to do their homework. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2019 21:16:32 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:31:46 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QjgyyTEft8qcdxaYQCMF9B-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A schoolchild&#039;s homework in Greek was written on a wax tablet nearly 2,000 years ago.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Chinese Scientist Who Claimed to Edit Babies' Genes May Be Under House Arrest ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/64412-crispr-babies-scientist-sighted.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ This is the first reported sighting of Chinese researcher Jiankui He since his appearance at a conference in November. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2019 16:43:47 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 01 Jul 2020 21:44:00 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RKqfsGtmEixUhpwWoJfYQY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[In this photo captured Oct. 10, 2018, scientist He Jiankui works at a lab in Shenzhen in southern China&#039;s Guangdong province. China&#039;s government ordered a halt to work by a medical team that claimed to have helped make the world&#039;s first gene-edited babies.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[In this photo captured Oct. 10, 2018, scientist He Jiankui works at a lab in Shenzhen in southern China&#039;s Guandong province. China&#039;s government ordered a halt to work by a medical team that claimed to have helped make the world&#039;s first gene-edited babies.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Too Much Screen Use Really Might Change Your Kid's Brain ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/64302-kids-excessive-smartphone-use-brain-changes.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Some say the hysteria over screen time echoes parents' worries that their kids were watching too much TV in the 1980s. But new studies show there's nothing overblown about parents' growing concern. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2018 12:00:18 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:20:30 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jean Twenge ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JBTE8ipX3ooBnxfUwM8aCE-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Sleep deprivation among teens spiked after 2012 — just as smartphone use became common.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[eye, smartphone use]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Babies Create a Mental Map of Their Body Before They Ever Leave the Womb ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/64205-babies-kick-in-womb-mapping-brain.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Those kicks and jabs help your baby build an information superhighway while still in the womb. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2018 18:16:18 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:58:41 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Christopher Wanjek ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YkqbGuDF7RKrqE36bnRmXk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Many Kids Are Given Probiotics for Stomach Bugs. But They May Not Help At All. ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/64152-probiotics-kids-gastroenteritis-no-benefit.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Young children with intestinal infections don't appear to benefit from several commonly used probiotics. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2018 15:16:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:33:46 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JVpVosKQqZ2s2gsWdMrD73-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ridiculously Tiny Baby Octopus Riding Ocean Trash Is So, So Smol ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/63927-tiny-baby-octopus-hawaii.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Marvel at the cuteness of a pea-size baby octopus. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2018 18:45:18 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:45:29 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/N7BWTW6cd3Wz5gUspMfzWg-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park Hawaii]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[So smol.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A Mysterious Polio-Like Illness Is on the Rise in Kids. Scientists Don't Know Why. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Dozens of children across the United States have developed a rare polio-like illness, but the reason for this spike in cases remains a mystery, according to health officials. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2018 19:53:51 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:00:03 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6JhhvzqiwVvhE6v7PApED7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ More Cases of Rare 'Polio-Like' Illness Pop Up Around the US ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/63803-acute-flaccid-myelitis-us-cases-2018.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ More and more cases of a rare polio-like illness are being reported across the country, according to news reports. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2018 11:19:50 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:00:08 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Viruses, Infections &amp; Disease]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/facH8mrW2GHzmMjpLaMJsh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Will Baby Poop Bacteria Become the New Probiotic? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/63421-baby-poop-probiotic.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Could the key to better gut health reside in a probiotic cocktail from baby poop? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2018 14:57:40 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:00:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CLjDUCxVkfZcVot7xNbZ45-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[What&#039;s in this diaper could be a key ingredient in a next generation of treatments for gut disorders.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Baby Born with Itty, Bitty Tooth … Which a Dentist Promptly Pulled ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/63273-baby-born-with-natal-tooth.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A newborn in England surprised her parents — and her doctors — when they saw that the infant was born with a tiny tooth, according to news reports. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2018 15:08:54 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:55:24 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5YB5rswgLXFtxLCBKTdXhK-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Isla-Rose Heasman was born with a tooth already poking out of her lower jaw. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Natal tooth]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Most Americans Support Gene Editing for Babies to Treat Diseases, Poll Finds ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/63168-gene-editing-babies-pew-poll.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new poll looks at Americans' views on using gene-editing technology to alter unborn babies' DNA. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2018 14:00:53 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:55:28 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ELGRPV7YzAjFHRLpapUsC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Babies Died in a Drug-Trial Tragedy. Why Were Their Mothers Given Viagra? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Earlier this week, a study came to a surprising and heartbreaking halt. A Dutch drug triallooking into the effects of sildenafil — the generic version of Viagra — on a rare but serious fetal-development condition was cut short after 11 infants died. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Leslie Nemo ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VHzsWAJDoMCHsf9b9js9od-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Alien' Mummy DNA Probe May Have Crossed Ethical Lines ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/63106-alien-baby-mummy-ethics.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Did DNA analysis of an "alien" mummy violate legal and ethical boundaries? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2018 15:30:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:40:41 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DDyMPiR8ToEnK5UnQLjTNJ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Dr. Steven Greer/SiriusDisclosure.com]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A mummified specimen from Chile&#039;s Atacama region prompted speculation for a decade about the find&#039;s peculiar skull.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why Do Babies Barely Blink? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/62988-why-babies-rarely-blink.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Stare into a baby's eyes, and you might notice something odd: Babies rarely blink. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2018 11:14:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:00:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Bahar Gholipour ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bWzoYzt7zcro39ZCSpDZik-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why Do Babies Kick in the Womb? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The womb is a tight space in which to exercise, but kicking is vital for a baby's healthy development. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2018 20:11:23 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:54:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kimberly Hickok ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/gif" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6FgY9H3tVhLjMWeQVyTL4g-1280-80.gif">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Stefaan W. Verbruggen, et al./Journal of the Royal Society]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Above, an animation made from MRI scans showing fetal kicks at various stages of development.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[MRI image of baby kicking]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists Piped Music Into Women's Wombs to See If Fetuses Like Freddie Mercury ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/62881-baby-womb-music-stimulation.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Music is the perfect mental stimulation for babies... even before they're born. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:55:50 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:34:46 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rguLkrf9sFJp6HjvQm6gig-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Did this little Scaramouche do the fandango in the womb? Scientists investigated.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What's Behind the Myth That Storks Deliver Babies? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/62807-why-storks-baby-myth.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Here’s the real story behind the ubiquitous myth that storks deliver babies. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2018 15:43:46 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:25:31 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emma Bryce ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VuiMqoWnAgeWsncNNcKwrF-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ US Birth Rate Hits All-Time Low: What's Behind the Decline? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/62592-birth-rate-declines-2017.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ 2017 saw the lowest birth rate in more than 100 years. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2018 11:11:58 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:54:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                    <category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oCDWzR47JFYQwaGqWaPJwF-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why This Man's Blood Helped Save Millions of Babies ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A man in Australia helped save the lives of more than 2 million babies by donating his "special" blood. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2018 22:34:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:54:16 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/D2GMoGmTcJMDC69zq246xE-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[James Harrison giving his final blood donation on May 11, 2018. It&#039;s estimated that his 1,173 donations helped save the lives of more than 2 million babies.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[James Harrison giving his final blood donation on May 11, 2018. It&#039;s estimated that his 1,173 donations helped save the lives of more than 2 million babies.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Surgeons Reattached This Girl's Leg Backward. No, It Wasn't a Mistake. ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/62429-amputated-leg-reattached-backwards-rotationplasty.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ To treat a 7-year-old's cancer, doctors performed an unusual surgery. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2018 22:45:33 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:54:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TkTR2SDtFSuX4dXnttZJSi-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Seven-year-old Amelia Eldred had an unusual procedure, called rotationplasty, to treat her bone cancer. During the procedure, part of her leg was amputated and reattached backward. Above, Amelia with her mother, Michelle.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Seven-year-old Amelia Eldred had an unusal procedure to treat her bone cancer, called rotationplasty, in which part of her leg was amputated and reattached backwards. Above, Amelia with her mother Michelle.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What's Behind the Recent Rise in Autism in the US? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/62415-autism-rate-rises.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The percentage of kids with autism in the United States continues to rise, according to a new report. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2018 18:37:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:38:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aVNLmmeXCWQYgBDKErYs38-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Teacher working with elementary school children.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Teacher working with elementary school children.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How Expensive It Is to Have Kids? These 5 Charts Reveal the Hefty Price Tag ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/62149-cost-of-having-kids.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Today, roughly one in five women in the U.S. doesn't have children. Thanks in part to this decline in birthrate, for the first time in U.S. history, there may soon be more elderly people than children. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2018 12:06:54 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:47:23 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Heidi Steinour ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QR86GAJRRPmevtKmUt8nd7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Here's What Growing Inside Your Rubber Ducky ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/62139-rubber-ducky-bacteria.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ This will take the fun out of bathtime: Rubber ducky toys are teeming with bacteria and fungi, a new study finds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2018 22:37:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:54:27 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UNmpuWPUrjXpgMPyeGX6kU-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Center for Microscopy and Image Analysis, University of Zurich]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A microscopic view of the slimy flim of bacteria growing inside a bath toy. (Colors were added artificially by the researchers to highlight the various structures.)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A microscopic view of the slimy flim of bacteria growing inside a bath toy. (Colors were added artificially by the researchers to highlight the various structures.)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Little Legs, Big Impact: Baby's Kicks Pack a Punch in Mom's Womb ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/61520-baby-kick-force.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Babies aren't so wimpy after all - here's how much force is behind a baby's kick. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2018 22:11:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:34:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/gif" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6FgY9H3tVhLjMWeQVyTL4g-1280-80.gif">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A new study is the first to quantify babies&#039; kick forces in the womb. Above, an animation made from MRI scans showing fetal kicks at various stages of development.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A new study is the first to quantify babies&#039; kick forces in the womb. Above, an animation made from MRI scans showing fetal kicks at various stages of development.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why Scientists Just Created the Creepiest Robot Baby You'll Ever See ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/61419-creepy-robot-baby.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ This dirt-dispersing robot-baby torso will crawl out of the lab and into your nightmares. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2018 19:55:11 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:33:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/gif" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4jhaQc4dczFPKDZbeXG8JZ-1280-80.gif">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This dirt-dispersing robot-baby torso will crawl out of the lab and straight into your nightmares.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Did Marijuana Really Cause an Infant's Death? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ If the report's hypothesis is true, the case would mark the first time a person has died from a marijuana overdose. But the findings are far from definitive. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2017 19:48:51 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:51:50 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uSHFkzS8646rFr75tx5cv9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Actress Gabrielle Union's IVF Struggles: What Causes Miscarriage? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Actress Gabrielle Union has had "eight or nine miscarriages," according to an essay published in her new book. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2017 15:37:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:03:20 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Dan Robitzski ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/x89ADCShPWc4rdWeAFiTXg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Concussions May Hit Girls Harder Than Boys ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/60566-concussions-hit-girls-harder-than-boys.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ If you've ever had a concussion, you may have heard that you should take it easy for two weeks or so before easing back into your regular activities. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2017 13:33:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:30:34 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Dan Robitzski ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7MWXQ8K9WVxATZqmovruAZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Inhaled Toy Triggers 'Traffic Jam' in Lungs 40 Years Later ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/60529-inhaled-toy-recovered-years-later.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A 47-year-old British man who was being tested for lung cancer received some good, but unexpected, news... ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2017 10:54:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 23:03:30 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Cari Nierenberg ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/D3SLorgZAbySuvPdfqyTqi-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Toddler Swallows 28 Buckyballs: Why These Magnets Are So Dangerous ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/60528-toddler-swallows-buckyballs.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A Colorado toddler narrowly avoided surgery after she swallowed 28 Buckyball magnets, according to news reports. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2017 22:13:24 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 29 Jun 2021 16:56:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sara G. Miller ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/464UrraiK2rPFBJYdMduwm-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An X-ray showing the 28 Buckyballs linked into a circle in the toddler&#039;s gut.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[buckyball, x-ray]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Kids Who See Hollywood Gunplay More Likely to Use Guns ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Children who watch movies that include gun violence may be more likely to use guns themselves, a new study finds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2017 15:00:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 23:06:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sara G. Miller ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PUdRM29MGVApkYxDAX3UNk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Babies Learn Perseverance by Watching You Sweat ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/60482-babies-learn-perseverance-by-watching-you-sweat.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Have you ever struggled to open a stubborn package? If so, that may be a good thing…if your baby is watching. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2017 19:01:32 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:06:50 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Christopher Wanjek ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CuBY5qhEo9UPJSMgLFKEwQ-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why Today's Teens Aren't in Any Hurry to Grow Up ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/60451-why-teens-slower-to-grow-up.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Should parents be worried that many teens are putting off traditional rites of passage like working, driving and dating? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2017 18:32:32 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:20:16 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jean Twenge ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EByVqZnyYviazDQR4EzoFM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[In the past, teens couldn&#039;t wait to get their driver&#039;s license and complete other rites of passage. Today? Not so much.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Child or teen hiding under covers in bed]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ American Men Are Having Kids at Older Ages ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/60278-american-dads-age.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ American men are having children at increasingly older ages, according to a new study. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2017 20:40:30 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:39:45 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Psychology]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VWGBbJXWq2ZBMHM6nYxF3b-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[George and Amal Clooney in Cannes, France in 2016.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[George and Amal Clooney in Cannes, France in 2016]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Teen Drug Overdose Deaths Increased 19% in 2015 ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/60153-teen-drug-overdose-deaths.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Drug overdose deaths among U.S. teens edged upward in 2015, after declining for several years prior, according a new report. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2017 20:35:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:18:20 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UivHLGd9QLYGDud9LQtaPY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[heroin, drugs, addiction, narcotics]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[heroin, drugs, addiction, narcotics]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Beyoncé Backlash: Is Drinking While Breast-Feeding OK? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/60113-beyonce-alcohol-breast-feeding.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Can Beyoncé ever catch a break? A photo showing the mom to twins Sir and Rumi Carter drinking alcohol has prompted backlash. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 18:03:50 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:45:18 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sara G. Miller ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GPTckRJ4y7aGj3qkZdhxfH-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Beyonce Knowles in New York City on Aug. 28, 2016.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[beyonce]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Weird: How Does a Baby's 'Twin' End Up Inside His Abdomen? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/60034-how-baby-born-with-twin-inside-body.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A baby boy in India was born with his own "twin" inside his abdomen — an extremely rare condition called "fetus in fetu." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2017 19:58:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:59:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xxqx64EdfF5wfj8KnMTcnh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A stock photo of a newborn baby.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A newborn baby gazes at something]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Child Born with HIV is Virtually Virus-Free for 9 Years, Without Meds ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A child in South Africa who was born with HIV has been virtually free of the virus for nearly nine years now and didn't take anti-HIV drugs for most of that time. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2017 22:31:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:03:21 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JrqVZr6BRRsSocCSuCNBAU-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the HIV virus in the blood stream.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[HIV Virus in Bloodstream]]></media:text>
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