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Health & Medicine

Circumcision changes penis biology

Altered mix of microbes might reduce susceptibility to viral infections.

Psychology

Disputed signs of consciousness seen in babies’ brains

Within five months of birth, infants produce a possible neural marker of being aware of what they see.

Astronomy

Most Earthlike planets yet seen bring Kepler closer to its holy grail

Space telescope finds globes that, compared with our world, are slightly larger and orbit a smaller star.

Life

Infants, whether mice or human, love to be carried

Being toted around calms and quiets babies of both species.