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Reading this article was to me like déj vu. In the late 1950s, my late colleague Raoul Naroll concluded that more than 90 percent of the world’s cultures preferred the upright position for giving birth. In my own work with Martha Austin Garrison on Navajo birthing practices, we elicited many comments by older Navajos. Without […]
- Health & Medicine
Sometimes lying down is harder work
Squatting or standing might ease baby delivery by allowing the birth canal more room to expand.
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Science News of the Year 2001
A review of important scientific achievements reported in Science News during the year 2001.
- Math
Guessing Cards
Card-guessing tricks give a magician the opportunity to show off his or her mind-reading prowess.
