A boa constrictor in the U.K. gave birth to 14 babies — without a mate. Is it a miracle? The result of a secret rendezvous? Probably not. Females of species have the ability to reproduce asexually, without sperm from a male. The process is called parthenogenesis, from the Greek words for “virgin” and “birth.” Some […]
Students and staff at a college in England were shocked to find that a snake – one they thought was a boy – had given birth to 14 snakes on Friday. But perhaps the most shocking fact of the matter is that the snake hadn’t been in contact with other snakes in over a decade, […]
The two women standing near the entrance to the iPhone factory in southern India were upset. Parvathi and Janaki, sisters in their 20s, had come to the plant, run by major Apple supplier Foxconn, for interviews in March 2023 after seeing job ads on WhatsApp. But they had been turned away at the main gate by […]
Texas lawmakers touted their heartbeat law as a crusade to save lives, but the reality of the state’s near-total ban on abortion has been deadly. Hundreds of babies died after the law went into effect, according to a new study published Monday. The findings in JAMA Pediatrics show that infant deaths rose after Texas’ Senate […]
When you’re expecting a baby, you hope nothing goes wrong. But at least one in 20 people who are pregnant develop a scary complication called preeclampsia, a high blood pressure disorder that kills 70,000 women and 500,000 babies worldwide every year. There was no way to know when it might strike — until now. New […]
Elon Musk had a sexual relationship with a SpaceX employee who started at the company as an intern and was then hired not long after she finished college before she ended things, according to a report. Musk, who has a fortune valued by Bloomberg Billionaires Index at $198 billion as of Wednesday, also pursued relationships […]
Three New Jersey parents who sued the state government for keeping their babies’ blood in storage for decades without their permission will now have their day in court after lawyers failed to reach a compromise. In a class action complaint filed last November, Hannah Lovaglio, Erica Jedynak, and Jeremiah Jedynak accused the New Jersey Department […]
When a pair of twin babies finally noticed each other, it was love at first sight. “My twin boys discovering each other for the first time,” Meagan Garr, a wedding videographer in Ocala, Florida, wrote on a TikTok video of her 4-month-old sons Cooper and Olsen. The video with 13 million views shows the fraternal […]
The families of nine babies who died under the care of a scandal-hit hospital have called for an inquiry into NHS maternity service failings. Nine babies died and four mothers allegedly nearly lost their lives between 2021 and 2023 while under the care of University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. In a letter to MPs, […]
Cam Barrett knows the precise date of her first menstrual period. Her mother posted the news on Facebook. “I was in fourth grade. I was 9 years old. The date was September 9, 2009. And my mom posted … something like, ‘Oh my God, my baby girl’s a woman today. She got her first period,’” […]
Punxsutawney Phil’s offspring now have names that just might help the famed weather-forecasting groundhog to predict when spring will begin. Phil’s human handlers chose Mother’s Day to announce that the two kits born this spring to Phil and his partner, Phyllis, are named Sunny and Shadow. Sunny is a female, Shadow a male. Each spring, […]
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Mother’s Day was celebrated across the U.S. on Sunday by families of all kinds, including furry families. That’s right, a very popular Pennsylvania power couple had some celebratory news to announce in honor of the Mother’s Day holiday. The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club Inner Circle announced on Facebook that two names had finally been […]