Easily taxed grains were crucial to the birth of the first states
Cereal farming produced excess food that could be stored and taxedLUIS MONTANYA/MARTA MONTANYA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY…
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Mouse ‘midwives’ help their pregnant companions give birth
Adult mice used their paws and mouths to remove pups stuck in a pregnant female’s…
The birth of the climate doula
This story was originally reported by Jessica Kutz of The 19th. In the days leading…
Ant Queens Birth Hybrid Offspring Using Another Species’ Sperm
September 7, 20253 min readThese Ants Are Different Species but Share a MotherAnt queens of…
Global Birth Rates Are Falling, but the Answer Isn’t to Have More Babies
In 1970, a woman in Mexico might have expected to have seven children, on average.…
Cervix-on-a-chip inspires potential new treatment for preterm birth
Health Using human cells, researchers were able to create a novel cervix-on-a-chip model to study…
Massive radio telescope array investigates the birth of planets around twin stars
Astronomers have gained new insight into the formation of planets around twin stars that orbit…
The link between extreme heat and preterm birth
This story is part of the series Expecting worse: Giving birth on a planet in crisis, a…
Expecting worse: Giving birth on a planet in crisis
International climate change panels often point out that women are more vulnerable to climate change…
Why space dust is key to everything from star birth to life on Earth
Illustration of a brown dwarf surrounded by a swirling disc of planet-building dustNASA/JPL-Caltech The following…