October 18, 2013 07:32 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 09:23 pm IST
A sentence in “Foetuses learn, memorise words” (Oct. 17, 2013, Science & Tech) read: “Of the five senses — sight, touch, smell and sound — it is sound that comes largely from outside the womb.” The author of the article clarifies: “The fifth sense is taste . But that too cannot come from outside the womb.”
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