childhood
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This does not mean organoids have memories like we tend to think of them -- such as recalling something from childhood -- but simply that their past is "engraved" on a cellular level, Arlotta emphasised.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
As Panettiere told Jay Shetty on a May episode of his podcast “On Purpose,” those early achievements came at the cost of enjoying a normal childhood.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
Yale researcher Martha Gimble explains The Budget Lab’s research into early childhood education and care policies.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
During a two-week period, participants took part in four therapy sessions focused on difficult childhood memories involving criticism.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
And his smile was what I remembered best about him because it felt like something his childhood had accidentally left behind.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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As if their unconventional childhoods weren’t troubled enough, Asa and Yuru’s twinship comes with another heavy burden: saving the world.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Over one-third of American children and a staggering 53 percent of Black children will be subjected to a child protective services investigation at some point in their childhoods.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
The film is, he said, is "another parable of parental crisis dressed up as a brightly coloured family adventure" - and a "cautionary tale about online childhoods".
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Well, we are currently living through country-changing upheaval, and instead of feeling thrilled, it’s making me and my friends nostalgic for our steady, bland childhoods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
Those of us in the first American generations have had to figure out how the invisible world the emigrants built around our childhoods fits in solid America.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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