Fingers and toes become wrinkled after being in water for long periods, and now new research explains why. The transformed skin improves our grip on wet objects.Aside from answering why we get the wrinklies after bathing, swimming and hand-washing dishes,
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Thirty years ago most psychologists, philosophers and psychiatrists thought that babies and young children were irrational, egocentric and amoral. They believed children were locked in the concrete here and now—unable to understand cause and effect, imagi
Continue reading >>A family in Toronto has provoked strong reactions with their decision not to tell people the gender of their baby.
Continue reading >>A new study has found that people who believe that psychics can predict the future tend to feel more in control of their lives than those who don’t.
Continue reading >>Parents-to-be may have one fewer risk-based decision to make during pregnancy. A company that develops prenatal tests says a blood test may be able to detect potential birth defects without the risks that the current test, amniocentesis, carries.
Continue reading >>Mother's Day as a holiday is only 105 years old, but moms on the direct and extended human family tree date back to at least 58 million years ago.
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