The Hidden Biology of a Mother’s Kiss: How a Simple Gesture Shapes the Developing Brain
A mother’s kiss is often described as comforting, soothing, or tender — a small act of affection repeated countless times throughout childhood. Yet behind this …
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A mother’s kiss is often described as comforting, soothing, or tender — a small act of affection repeated countless times throughout childhood. Yet behind this …
About the Species The leatherback sea turtle is the largest turtle in the world. They are the only species of sea turtle that lack scales …
What happens to ticks when they can’t find a host to feed on, and how long can they actually survive without one? These small but …
Three activists stripped to their underwear during a Maine school board meeting this week in protest of the district’s policy allowing trans athletes to compete …
From Hamburg to the open sea On 13 May 1932, under the grey skies of Hamburg, a young German kayaker named Oskar Speck left home …
A recently released medical case study tells the story of a pregnancy weirdly comparable to a Xenomorph’s birth in Alien (albeit less deadly). A fetus …
In the fluorescent-lit limbo of a county jail booking room, where despair often etches deep lines into faces, Sara Jane Isbister stared unflinchingly into the …
A picture of a hooded Iraqi prisoner of war hugging his small, frightened son behind a barbed wire fence won the prestigious World Press Photo …
Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau have made their new romance official with a very public outing. The pop-political power couple that no one saw coming, …
If you’ve ever watched your cat pounce on a sunbeam or vanish into thin air only to reappear with a smug grin, you might already …