babies

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Mice can start breeding at just six weeks old, he says, and they can have six to 10 babies every 19 to 21 days.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Official data showed that the number of births in Japan fell for the 10th straight year in 2025, with a total of 705,809 babies born.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

If fertility continues to fall, we may indeed drift toward the world Aldous Huxley imagined—a “brave new world” possible only with test-tube babies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Miguel walked up the hill toward his babies.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

“I think, except for Daniella McCarthy, they have all the babies from the plane back together again. Right here. Right now. They have you.”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix