Showing posts with label Babies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Babies. Show all posts

Friday, May 12, 2017

5/12/2017: Scientists Create Artificial Womb That Could Help Prematurely Born Babies - Starving Baby Otter Rescued from Arizona Canal

Today's Article: Scientists Create Artificial Womb That Could Help Prematurely Born Babies
From: NPR
Readability Score: 11.2


A study...involving eight animals found the device appears effective at enabling very premature fetuses to develop normally for about a month.

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Today's Alternate Article: Starving Baby Otter Rescued from Arizona Canal
Readability Score: 10.7


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Thursday, March 30, 2017

3/30/2017: With Direct Primary Care, It’s Just Doctor and Patient - States Give New Parents Baby Boxes To Encourage Safe Sleep Habits

Today's Article: With Direct Primary Care, It’s Just Doctor and Patient
From: Wall Street Journal
Readability Score: 11.2


Patients pay a monthly fee for a range of basic services, eliminating the insurance middleman

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Today's Alternate Article: States Give New Parents Baby Boxes To Encourage Safe Sleep Habits
Readability Score: 8.9




Wednesday, February 1, 2017

2/1/2017: What Finland's Plan to Be Tobacco-Free Can Teach the World - Rare Twin Baby Girls Have Different Skin Colors

Today's Article: What Finland's Plan to Be Tobacco-Free Can Teach the World
From: CNN
Readability Score: 11.0


Officials plan to make the country tobacco-free by 2040

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Today's Alternate Article: Rare Twin Baby Girls Have Different Skin Colors
Readability Score: 10.4


Friday, November 11, 2016

11/11/2016: Meet the Machines That Know What's Funny - Is it Right to Train Babies to Sleep?

Today's Article: Meet the Machines That Know What's Funny
From: Bloomberg
Readability Score: 12.8

I’d like to buy a new boomerang please. Also, can you tell me how to throw the old one away?

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Today's Alternate Article: Is it Right to Train Babies to Sleep?
Readability Score: 8.9