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  1. Animals

    Whales Drink Sounds: Hearing may use an ancient path

    Sounds can travel to a whale's ears through its throat, an acoustic pathway that might be ancient in the whale lineage.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg

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    I have heard that whales evolved millions of years ago into their present form, including their very large brains. We humans must be relatively recent in terms of our brain structures. Are there data concerning evolutionary development in whales? Matthew KabriskyDayton, Ohio “Learning to Listen: How some vertebrates evolved biological sonar” (SN: 5/14/05, p. 314) […]

    By Science News

  3. Tots Who Tote: Babies show neural signs of budding number sense

    By three months of age, infants already display separate brain networks for detecting changes in either the number or the types of objects that they see.