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Most Common Names of Twins, 2006

Visit the Interactive Baby Name Finder for more popular baby names. 1. Jacob, Joshua 2. Matthew, Michael 3. Daniel, David 4. Ella, Emma 5. Isaac, Isaiah 6…

obstetrics

(Encyclopedia) obstetricsobstetricsŏbstĕˈtrĭks [key], branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of women during pregnancy, labor, childbirth (see birth), and the time after childbirth.…

birth

(Encyclopedia) birth or labor, delivery of the fetus by the viviparous mammal. Birth is also known as parturition. Human birth normally occurs about 280 days after onset of the last menstrual period…

DK Science: Reproductive System

MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM JOURNEY OF SPERM AND EGG FERTILIZATION READY TO BE BORN FROM FERTILIZED EGG TO NEWBORN BABY FIND OUT MORE The male and female parts…

DK Human Body: Growth

HOW DOES A BABY GROW? WHAT HAPPENS AS CHILDREN GROW? HOW DO GIRLS CHANGE AT PUBERTY? HOW DO BOYS CHANGE AT PUBERTY? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE GROW OLD? BRAIN AND SKULL DEVELOPMENTFIND OUT MOREIt…

McCourt, Frank

(Encyclopedia) McCourt, Frank, 1930–2009, Irish-American memoirist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. When McCourt was four his immigrant family returned to Ireland. He dropped out of school at 13 and had saved…

Clonmel

(Encyclopedia) Clonmel Clonmel klŏnmĕlˈ [key], town, administrative center of South Riding, Co. Tipperary, S…

Gordon, Ruth

(Encyclopedia) Gordon, Ruth, 1896–1985, American actress and playwright, b. Wollaston, Mass. From her debut as Nibs in Peter Pan (1915), Gordon's career encompassed broad stage and film experience.…

Were dinosaurs social animals?

Some dinosaurs were social creatures. Recently discovered evidence indicates that they travelled together and that some may even have migrated (because dinosaur fossils have been found above the…

DK Science: Animals Growing Up

POUCH BABYCICHLID FISHWOODLICE EXOSKELETONWILDEBEESTBLUE TIT NESTLINGSLOGGERHEAD TURTLE HATCHLINGSELEPHANTSFIND OUT MOREAs animals grow they can change in both their form and their behaviour.…