babies

Kelly Conaboy · 04/12/14 10:45AM

The case of the 9-month-old baby charged with the attempted murder of police officers in a Pakistani court earlier this month has officially been dismissed. The judge announced the decision after Saturday's court hearing.

This Baby Is Terrified of Brian Williams

Jay Hathaway · 03/03/14 11:12AM

At just 10 months old, this baby has already developed a very specific phobia: He's terrified of NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams.

Does Your Baby's Poop Smell Better Than Other Babies' Poop?

Hamilton Nolan · 02/10/14 10:01AM

The time has come for "Hey, Science," America's only popular science column, in which we enlist real live scientific experts to answer humanity's most provocative/ dumb scientific questions. Today: does your own baby's poop smell better than the poop of other people's kids?

This Baby Can't Stop Dancing to the Parks and Recreation Theme Song

Taylor Berman · 02/03/14 11:38AM

Whenever Parks and Recreation aired, Larry Gallagher noticed that his young son would start excitedly flailing his arms and dancing. So every Thursday night, Gallagher decided to film his son as the show's theme song played. The hilarious result is this three-minute, dance-filled clip.

Hamilton Nolan · 10/14/13 03:10PM

Scientists now say that a baby's instinct to open its mouth when food nears "is a skill fetuses teach themselves in the womb." Wow... sounds like your baby is real smart. (Sarcasm.)

Baby Panda Is Female, Has Father in Household

Tom Scocca · 09/05/13 09:17AM

The new baby panda at the National Zoo—the alive one, not the one that was born dead—is a girl panda, the zoo announced this morning. And genetic testing reveals that she is the offspring of the National Zoo's own resident male panda, Tian Tian.