Arts & Culture
We’ve Come a Long Way, Babies
Jun 8, 2018 Author Edward Dolnick tracks the blind spots that prevented the greatest minds from figuring out how two beings make one.2018 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award: First Place, Book Critic
Bilingual Babies Can Differentiate Languages Earlier Than Expected
Aug 9, 2017 A new study finds that bilingual infants can identify which words in a phrase belong to each language they know.
Teen Moms in Poverty
Aug 8, 2013
Maternity Costs
Jul 3, 2013
Romney’s Advice to College Grads: Get Married, Have Babies
May 5, 2013 The wealthy failed GOP presidential candidate doesn't want them worrying about getting a job and making money, because who needs those things to support a family?
Lawmaker Pushing Anti-Abortion Bill Claims Babies Are Organs
Feb 19, 2013 The GOP isn't known for being the party of science--far from it, in fact--so when one of its own reaches a new low in scientific stupidity, it's worth noting.
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Dec 31, 2012
Minorities Now Account for More Than Half of Births in U.S.
May 17, 2012 As immigration into the U.S. slows, the 2010 census shows that birthrates of racial and ethnic minorities are overtaking those of whites, with nonwhites making up more than half of all births today.
In Fallujah, a Hospital of Horrors
Apr 27, 2012 All at once, Nadhem Shokr al-Hadidi's administration office becomes a little chamber of horrors. A baby with a hugely deformed mouth. A child with a defect of the spinal cord, material from the spine outside the body. A baby with a terrible, vast Cyclopean eye. Another baby with only half a head, stillborn like the rest.
Infants More Likely to Survive in 40 Countries Other Than U.S.
Sep 1, 2011 The World Health Organization reported that babies born in the U.S. are more likely to die in their first month of life than are babies born in 40 other countries, including South Korea, Cuba, Malaysia, Lithuania, Poland and Israel. (more)