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Milton Diamond, Sexologist and Advocate for Intersex Babies, Dies at 90

✇NYT: Science
By: Clay Risen
8 May 2024 at 14:19
He pushed back against doctors who recommended surgery on infants born with ambiguous genitalia, arguing for acceptance of diversity.

© Molly Romanov

Milton Diamond in 2010. He rewrote the guidelines on raising intersex children, arguing that surgery should not be a requirement.

From Baby Talk to Baby A.I.

✇NYT: Technology
By: Oliver Whang
30 April 2024 at 15:09
Could a better understanding of how infants acquire language help us build smarter A.I. models?

© Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times

For an hour each week for the past 11 months, Brenden Lake, right, a psychologist at New York University, with his wife Tammy Kwan, has been attaching a camera to their daughter Luna and recording things from her point of view.

From Baby Talk to Baby A.I.

✇NYT: Science
By: Oliver Whang
30 April 2024 at 12:38
Could a better understanding of how infants acquire language help us build smarter A.I. models?

© Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times

For an hour each week for the past 11 months, Brenden Lake, right, a psychologist at New York University, with his wife Tammy Kwan, has been attaching a camera to their daughter Luna and recording things from her point of view.

Large Scientific Review Confirms the Benefits of Physical Touch

✇NYT: Science
By: Joanne Silberner
8 April 2024 at 11:00
Premature babies especially benefited from skin-to-skin contact, and women tended to respond more strongly than men did.

© Luke Sharrett for The New York Times

Scientists reviewed 212 studies involving 12,966 individuals, finding strong evidence of health benefits in adults that engaged in touch with other humans or objects such as weighted blankets.
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