Babies start learning language in the womb and at birth can differentiate between sounds from their native language and a foreign language, U.S. scientists say.Researchers at the University of Washington and Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma report unborn babies are listening to their mothers talk during the last 10 weeks of pregnancy and at birth can demonstrate what they‘ve heard.That’s because sensory and brain mechanisms for hearing have developed by 30 weeks of gestation, they said.“The

The use of antidepressants during pregnancy is not linked to a higher overall risk of stillbirth and death in newborns, a study said Tuesday, confounding a long-held opposing view of such drugs.The Swedish study of more than 1.6 million births in five Nordic countries included nearly 30,000 women who had filled in a prescription for an SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) during pregnancy.The researchers found that the 1.79 percent of mothers exposed to an SSRI had higher rates of still

Vladimir Putin, eight months into his third term as president, urged fellow Russians Tuesday to be more “responsive and benevolent” in the New Year.In a message delivered shortly after midnight, Putin talked about love of family and country, RIA Novosti reported. His brief speech was short on specifics.Putin said at the end of the year everyone becomes more conscious of how time is “fleeting.” “We should become more responsive and benevolent, more generous and caring toward our loved ones, our c

 　About 3 million years ago the diet of our very early ancestors in central Africa is likely to have consisted mainly of tropical grasses, researchers say.　A new study led by Oxford University of the fossilized teeth of three early hominim Australopithecus bahrelghazali individuals analyzed carbon isotopes in the teeth and found the signature of a diet rich in foods derived from tropical grasses and sedges, flowering plants resembling rushes, a university release reported.　The discovery suggests

South Korean mobile carriers KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. said Wednesday they plan to introduce a service that enables long-term evolution (LTE) data sharing among multiple mobile devices, as a growing number of people own more than one mobile gadget."The number of mobile gadgets owned by an individual is increasing as people are using them for different functions. The LTE data sharing plan will increase customer satisfaction since they can share LTE data among various devices," a KT official sai

  The probability of a white Christmas -- with snow at least an inch deep on Christmas Day -- is low for many areas of the United States, forecasters say.While northern New England, the Upper Midwest, the Rocky Mountains and Intermountain West have a 75 percent of a white Christmas, New York City, Philadelphia and the District of Columbia have less than a 25 percent chance, AccuWeather.com Wednesday.Regional differences in normal December snowfall and temperatures are both critical factors in wh

After taking a "selfie" photo on her cell phone with Hillary Clinton at the Kennedy Center honors reception, Meryl Streep donated the photo to Shutter to Think, a charity supporting girls education.It's like the ultimate Text From Hillary.Meryl Streep snapped a cell phone photo of herself and Secretary of State Clinton at the dinner celebrating this year's Kennedy Center honorees, and now she has donated the picture to charity.The Shutter to Think project, which will sell framed prints of the Cl

The first book for "grown-ups" by Harry Potter author JK Rowling is to be adapted into a television series, the BBC announced Monday."The Casual Vacancy", Rowling's darkly comic novel set in a seemingly idyllic English village, was published in September and the TV version is set to air on the BBC's flagship BBC One channel in 2014.The 47-year-old's series about the young wizard was adapted into eight blockbuster movies, but Rowling insisted that television was the best medium for an adaptation

Israeli and Palestinian leaders are called on to "breathe new life" into the Middle East peace process, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said.A resolution to upgrade that status of Palestine passed Thursday in the U.N. General Assembly. The move gives the territories greater access to world institutions, including the International Criminal Court. The U.S. and Israeli governments were among the few that voted against the resolution.U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said the "unf

Convict to be executed for girls' murdersAn Arizona convict is just days from execution for raping and killing two teenage girls while his co-defendant is now a free man.Richard Stokley, 60, will, barring an unlikely stay of execution from the U.S. Supreme Court, be executed Wednesday in Florence, while Randy Brazeal, 41, was released from prison last year and has married, The Phoenix Arizona Republic reported Saturday.Evidence ultimately showed the two raped, strangled, stabbed and stomped on

 안젤리나 졸리의 과거 사진이 공개돼 화제가 되고 있다.현지 언론은 지난 월요일 졸리의 15세 시절 사진을 인터넷에 게재했다.졸리는 당시 어린 나이에도 두툼한 입술과 활짝 웃는 모습이 그대로 사진에 포착되었다.그는 영화배우 존 보이트의 딸로써 어린 나이에 모델 활동을 시작했다. 사진에는 패션 센스가 있고 밝고 명랑한 졸리의 모습이 담겨있다.졸리는 또한, 14세의 어린 나이에 남자친구와 동거하는 한편 연기 학교를 중간에 그만둔 적이 있다고 알려졌다.38살이 된 안젤리나 졸리는 철없는 시절로부터 벗어나 현재 영화배우, 그리고 여섯명의 아이들의 엄마로 지내고 있다.그는 또한, 유엔 난민고등 판무관 홍보대사로 활동하고 있으며 가장 최근에는 시리아 난민들에게 10만 달러(약 11억 5000만원)를 기부한 바 있다.졸