Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 117, No. 35 (September 1, 2020), pp. 21251-21257 (7 pages) A large brain combined with an upright posture in ...

Scientists have mapped how the shape of a baby's head changes during childbirth to learn more about the process known as fetal head molding. Compared with other mammals, the human pelvis is not shaped ...

A study using CT scans of fetal skull and maternal pelvis covariation in pregnancies of 12 rhesus macaques finds that covariation occurs in such a way as to ease the passage of the fetal head through ...

Talk about mist-ifying news. In addition to shortening life spans, decimating taste buds and filling lungs with black goo, vaping may also affect fetal skull development. Startling new research ...

Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), scientists have captured 3D images that show how infants' brains and skulls change shape as they move through the birth canal just before delivery. Olivier Ami ...

Parents dying to know their baby's sex before birth can typically find out with an ultrasound at 20 weeks. But if baby doesn't provide a full frontal view — or if parents can't stand to wait 20 weeks ...

A new study reveals the potentially devastating effects of vaping while pregnant. Talk about mist-ifying news. Startling new research indicates that even without nicotine, in utero exposure to two ...