COVER STORY
Inside the Womb
What scientists have learned about those amazing first nine months— and what it means for mothers

How They Did It
A revolution in embryo imaging reveals extraordinary details

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Inside the Womb
Trace the fetus
from conception
to birth
Actual Size
View the embryo
throughout the
first trimester


When do you think life begins?

At conception
At birth
Don't know

Babies vs. Career 
Odds are against a woman over 35 bearing children
4/15/2002
Stem Cells 
James Thompson and the controversies of stem cell research
8/20/2001
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FROM THE NOV 11, 2002 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED SUNDAY, NOV 3, 2002

IMAGE BY ALEXANDER TSIARAS/ANATOMICAL TRAVELOGUE
Images taken from From Conception to Birth: A Life Unfolds © 2002 by Alexander Tsiaras.
Published by Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc.

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