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- Disaster Goes Global: The eruption in 1600 of a seemingly quiet volcano in Peru changed global climate and triggered famine as far away as Russia
- Evolution's Ear: Recent changes in hearing-related genes may have influenced language development
- Pop chirp bite crunch chew: The ultrasonic din of dying trees inspires a new kind of research to save forests from beetle attacks — and battle climate change
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A Pirahã man participates in a new experiment that, researchers say, indicates that his language contains no number words, even for the number one.
Credit: Edward Gibson
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