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New Scientist 50 years ago: The first test-tube babies, sort of

31 October 2018

It was still 10 years before IVF would be used successfully in humans – and that wasn’t on our radar when we reported on the first lab conceptions using mice

Orangutans are exceptionally good at keeping their infants alive

30 October 2018

Over 90 per cent of orangutans survive childhood long enough to have their first baby, a feat human societies only achieved in the 1900s

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New Scientist 50 years ago: The first test-tube babies, sort of

Orangutans are exceptionally good at keeping their infants alive

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