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BrainStuff Classics: What Can Babies See in the Womb?

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May 30, 20265:03Science & Medicine

A human fetus doesn't develop retinas until around gestational week 28. Learn how researchers have tried to figure out what babies can see in the few remaining weeks before they're born in this classic episode of BrainSt...

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BrainStuff Classics: What Can Babies See in the Womb? is an episode from BrainStuff by iHeartPodcasts. A human fetus doesn't develop retinas until around gestational week 28. Learn how researchers have tried to figure out what babies can se...

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Published May 30, 2026, 5:03 long, audio available.

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