Mother's Day is nearly here. Sure, the holiday has kinda drifted from an idealized celebration of the mother-child bond to a corporate-driven occasion for mass consumption, but that shouldn't overshadow how important moms fundamentally are. Science has told us all sorts of fascinating things about the uniquely intimate link between mother and child at the biological level. 1) Babies begin listening to their mothers' speech in the womb In 2013, scientists conducted an interesting study with 80 newborns in Tacoma, Washington and Stockholm, Sweden: they played them sounds in English, Swedish, or other languages. It's well-known that infants find novel experiences more...
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