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  1. Animals

    Purring birds teach their chicks to beg

    African birds called pied babblers teach their chicks that certain parental noises mean food is on the way.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Smoking ups risk for type 2 diabetes

    Smoking increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by up to 61 percent.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Addiction Alleviator? Hallucinogen’s popularity grows

    The unsanctioned use of an obscure hallucinogen, ibogaine, to treat addiction has exploded recently.

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  4. Reading the Repeats: Cells transcribe telomere DNA

    Scientists have discovered that human cells make RNA transcripts of telomeres, the repetitive DNA at the ends of chromosomes, a finding that could have implications for understanding aging and cancer.