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My new column on the pseudoscience of gender prediction

by Benjamin Radford | Jul 29, 2013 | Investigation, Psychology, Skepticism, Urban legends

As you probably heard, Duchess Kate Middleton gave birth to a baby boy recently. But for the past weeks and months there have been countless predictions about the regal infant’s gender — much of it based on folklore and superstition.

HERE’s my look at the subject, on Discovery News. 

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