On shouting, "SEED MY BABY WITH MY VAGINAL MICROBES!"

Co-authored by Emily Pereira, Anthropology major, University of Rhode Island When I was pregnant, the human microbiome was hot. And news abo...

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When evolutionary-minded medicine gets it (possibly) wrong about childbirth interventions

No one is saying that medicine isn't brilliant and hasn't saved lives. But it does intervene more than necessary when it comes to pr...

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Why is the human vagina so big?

We are obsessed with penis and testicle size . Yet, we can barely say "vagina" and when we do we're usually talking about the...

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