Science of Babies

As new parents can attest, children develop so much in the first year of their life it's hard to keep up. From the moment they draw their initial breath - itself an incredibly complicated biological feat - to their first steps, it's a year of remarkable development.

A remarkable, uplifting story about one of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the 20th century

What stops pregnant women from falling over all the time? What makes infant cries so captivating? How do sperm swim?

Sleep plays a crucial role in our waking lives, and we need to start paying it more attention. The latest research tells us that it's essential for learning and memory, for mental health and physical well-being, and yet we tend to only think about it when it's proving a struggle.