There were comic strips, hair and make-up advice, readers’ letters, pull-out posters of pop stars, and quizzes, but it was ...

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Is it a boy or a girl? From ultrasound to prenatal testing, here's when and how you can learn your baby's sex during pregnancy.

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How do you spot pregnant individuals in the archaeological record? With great difficulty, it turns out. But that could be about to change, as a test capable of identifying hormones in skeletons breaks ...

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