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		<title>Imitation: Better than flattery?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imitation is a social glue in human society. We like people who imitate us.  We call them friend. We will even tip them better! A new study finds similar responses in monkeys...]]></description>
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		<title>Animal arms race</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The struggle between predator and prey never ends. Bats invented sonar, and now some moths are fighting back. Check out the Why Files acoustic-organic warfare, airborne edition.]]></description>
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		<title>How a fly detects a poison</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Animals spend a lot of energy avoiding toxic chemicals in their food. A new type of gene that does this in fruit flies reinforces the importance of reproduction in shaping evolution.]]></description>
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		<title>Micro eye movements</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can't hold your eyes completely still, but what is the purpose of those tiny movements? A new study links them to the brain region that controls quick movements of the eye.]]></description>
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		<title>Life of the locust: Biblical plague explained</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Locusts live a solitary life -- until their bodies suddenly change, and they swarm into clouds of destructive insects. A new study fingers the trigger for this transformation.]]></description>
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		<title>Assembly-lines don&#8217;t work for ants!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Specialization may work in factories, but it does not make ant colonies more efficient. As the conventional wisdom about social insects goes topsy-turvy, what's an ecologist to think?]]></description>
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		<title>Song of the crocodile</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How does momma croc know when to dig up the young? How do the embryos know when to start hatching? The secret's in the song...]]></description>
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		<title>Alcohol: Molecule curbs drinking among rats; are humans next?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Injecting a protein in the brain stifles the drive to drink among lab rats; one dose lasts three hours or more. Does GDNF offer a new angle on alcoholism?]]></description>
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		<title>Learning to read mouse pee</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 01:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mice can tell the sex, mating status and identity of another mouse -- all from sniffing urine. A new study of how mice read pheromones also gives insight into the human sensory apparatus...]]></description>
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		<title>Aggression -Another feelgood emotion?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the brain, dopamine carries signals that make us eat, take drugs and have sex. New research shows that dopamine plays a key role in rewarding mice for aggression.]]></description>
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