Queens mom charged with abandoning her newborn

Ee wah gum! Babies cry with regional accents

By: TauseefAhmed

Newborn babies cry with regional 'accents' copied from their mothers, researchers have shown. An astonishing new study found that the screams of a five-day-old French baby have a distinct Gallic twang,  while German babies have a Teutonic quality to their yells. The discovery suggests that babies are eavesdropping on their parent's ...

25 days ago

Female Migrant Worker Raped

By: petergill

No one knows if 1-year-old Yunus will ever see his mother again. Like 6 million other Indonesians, she traveled far from home to find employment. She was hired by a wealthy family in Saudi Arabia. But one day, while on her boss's property, she went to check on some goats and, according to what is known of her tale, was raped by two men. Yunus ...

18 days ago

Male Circumcision in Developing Countries

By: Dhakal

Male Circumcision in Developing Countries  "The origin of circumcision is lost in antiquity. Male circumcision is depicted in Egyptian tombs 5,000 years ago.” Circumcision refers to the surgical removal of the foreskin of the penis, or prepuce of the clitoris

15 days ago

A Creature Called Mother

By: taniasecret

  Mothers are the strangest creatures God created. They hold the fetus for nine months in their wombs, carrying him around all the time. They feel awful the first few months, yet they say nothing. They quit smoking, eating or drinking things they always loved. For nine months, they cannot have any rest or sleep; it starts with vomiting, and ...

about 1 month ago