Baby Otter Trying Food for First Time Makes the Most Adorable Sounds We've Ever Heard

In an adorable TikTok, Captain Nemo, the baby Otter, got the chance to try solid food for the first time, and his mom caught ...
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Tiny Dunnart Newborns, Each the Size of a Grain of Rice, Filmed for the First Time Making a Life-or-Death Climb to Their Mother’s Pouch

For an animal smaller than a paper clip, the first journey of a newborn dunnart is astonishing. Moments after birth, each baby—no heavier than a grain of rice—must crawl across its mother’s fur to ...
New Scientist

How baby microbiomes in the West differ from those everywhere else

Babies in the West commonly lack a gut microbe that is found in infants in other parts of the world, which may be due to ...
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Why newborns pass sticky black poop in the first days

In the first few days of a baby’s life, they are likely to pass dark, sticky, thick stools called meconium. This is a very ...
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Prescription For Poop: First Direct Evidence Shows Romans Used Human Feces As Medicine

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...
CNN

Scientists find first physical evidence that Romans used human poop as medicine

Researchers in Turkey say they have unearthed archaeological evidence that the Romans used human feces in medical treatments. Although Roman texts described the practice, this is the first time that ...
The New York Times

The Evolutionary Brilliance of the Baby Giggle

Dr. Mireault is a developmental psychologist at Vermont State University. My son was 14 weeks old when he made his first unmistakable whole-body belly laugh. In the months that followed, his laughter ...
KXAN

Beer made with bear poop, a ‘likely’ first, brewed for the Super Bowl

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Sure, beer is great, but what about beer made with bear poop? Columbia Sportswear and Breakside Brewing, both based in Portland, Oregon, are teaming up for the Super Bowl to ...