Tag: c-section
How forceps permanently changed the way humans are born
Neel Shah, Harvard Medical School
Obstetric forceps look like ninja weapons. They come as a pair: 16 inches of solid steel for each hand...
Home birth may start babies off with health-promoting microbes
Joan Combellick, Yale University
For all of human history, babies have been born where their mothers lived – whether in a house, hut or cave....
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
