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7 wild ways pregnancy changes your body forever
4+ hour, 39+ min ago (1210+ words) Published Mar 5, 2026 9:01 AM EST The truth is pregnancy causes some surprising long-term changes to your body, regardless of whether you're a celebrity or a soccer mom. And that's not necessarily a bad thing." Dr. Shazia Malik, a consultant OB-GYN based…...
Indigenous women engineered energy-efficient baby carriers
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (349+ words) Published Nov 20, 2025 2:32 PM EST Credit: CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images "Any Indigenous woman who's had their infant in a cradle could tell you exactly what I'm about to tell you, through traditional knowledge," Greenwald said in a recent University of…...
What's really the safest seat in a car? An auto expert weighs in.
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (824+ words) Published Aug 21, 2025 9:01 AM EDT I call shotgun!" has long been a typical battle cry when piling into a car. The term predates automobiles entirely, harkening back to the Wild West when the passenger sitting next to a stagecoach driver would…...
Should I freeze my sperm? Men consider their 'sixth vital sign."
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (1042+ words) Published Jun 27, 2025 8:00 AM EDT CREDIT: MirageC via Getty Images. It's fertility on ice. Egg-freezing boomed in the last decade, with a 400 percent increase since 2012. Now, research about sperm degradation and its impact on family-building is driving a generation of health-conscious…...
Why do kids love reading the same book over and over? Child development experts explain.
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (780+ words) By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall Published Jun 11, 2025 2:45 PM EDT It's 7:30 p.m., and if you're the parent of a toddler, you're likely in the thick of the bedtime routine: bath, pajamas, teeth, and then comes the story. You may very well have a…...
Why we forget our childhoods
9+ mon, 6+ day ago (505+ words) Published May 30, 2025 8:00 AM EDT Power has previously worked with infant rodents and shown that these young animals can record memories, although they cannot consciously access them in adulthood. Other studies show that altering the levels of specific brain receptor proteins…...
Capuchin monkeys kidnap baby howler monkeys, shocking scientists
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (1332+ words) Get the Popular Science daily newsletter" Email address Sign up Thank you! Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Observing animals, especially other social primates, can be awe-inspiring. Seeing non-human species groom, feed, or socialize with their friends and kin echoes…...
Wild chimp babies bond with their moms in human-like ways
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (632+ words) Get the Popular Science daily newsletter" Email address Sign up Thank you! Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Chimpanzees are our closest primate relatives, sharing 99 percent of our DNA. We can both keep a beat, may perform a task differently…...
When you were conceived could impact your weight
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (783+ words) Get the Popular Science daily newsletter" Email address Sign up Thank you! Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Global rates of metabolic disorders have been rising for decades. High blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, and diabetes have all become much…...