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Health & MedicineTeen e-cig users more likely to smoke tobacco
E-cigarette use is linked to later tobacco use in teens.
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AnthropologyBones revive a 7,000-year-old massacre
Bones suggest Central Europe’s first farmers had an extremely violent streak.
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MicrobesBacteria in flowers may boost honeybees’ healthy gut microbes
Honeybees may deliver doses of probiotics to the hive to help feed baby bees’ microbiome.
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PsychologyBaby marmosets imitate parents’ sounds
Vocal learning may work similarly in marmoset monkeys, songbirds and humans.
By Bruce Bower -
GeneticsHow an octopus’s cleverness may have evolved
Scientists have sequenced the octopus genome, revealing molecular similarities to mammals.