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273 ViewsKelsey Hatcher, 32, delivered twins, Roxi and Rebel, on Dec. 19 and 20, in what’s known as a dicavitary pregnancy delivery. Andrea Mabry/University of Alabama at Birmingham Thirty-two-year-old Kelsey Hatcher welcomed two beautiful baby girls into the world last week, delivering fraternal twins at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital. But unlike typical…

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39 ViewsA clock showing February 29, also known as leap day. They only happen about once every four years. Olivier Le Moal/Getty ImagesNearly every four years, the Gregorian calendar — which is used in the majority of countries around the world — gets an extra day: February 29. For some people, leap day means frog…

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180 ViewsThe scraggly cherry blossom tree known as Stumpy on March 15 in Washington, D.C. At high tide, the base of the tree’s trunk is inundated with several inches of water. Jacob Fenston WASHINGTON – The famed cherry blossoms around D.C.’s Tidal Basin are in peak bloom this week, but for 158 of the trees,…

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19 ViewsIf humanoid robots make you a bit queasy — would it help if they had fleshy faces that can smile at you? The uncanny feat is the result of new technology using engineered living skin tissue and human-like ligaments to give robots a more natural smile, according to Tokyo University researchers who unveiled their…

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