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Imagine being able to override Mother Nature and hand-pick the physical appearance and intellectual traits of your unborn child. Well, thanks to modern science, what may seem far-fetched now could be

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Misconception. A stunning story especially for couples having trouble having kids. One Michigan couple learning that their frozen embryos were gone, implanted into another woman by mistake. They were understandably flooded by the news -- or floored b

SSS 2009-07-10

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. It sounds like the title to a Rudyard Kipling tale: how the turtle got its shell. But its actually a question that has puzzled scientists. After all, n

NPR 2009-07-07

President Obama says a preliminary agreement reached today with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is an important step toward increasing nuclear security. We have signed a joint understanding for a follow-on treaty to the START agreement that will r

美联社新闻一分钟 2007-04-11

1. Larry Birkhead says DNA tests prove he is the father of Anna Nicole Smith's infant daughter. He emerged triumphant from a closed hearing in the Bahamas to announce the results. Dannielynn could inherit a fortune in the wake of her mother's death

超级富豪也将成为健康超人

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Bethesda, Maryland, near Washington, D.C., is home to the National Institutes of Health. N.I.H. calls itself the Nation's Medical Research Agency. But it supports research worldwide with its budget of a

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65岁准妈妈怀上四胞胎

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将来生孩子不再需要妈妈？

Scientists say early experiments suggest it may one day be possible to make babies without using eggs. 科学家称，早期实验表明，将来某一天或许不需要卵子就能孕育出婴儿。 They have succeeded in creating healthy baby mice

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