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How Sound Shaped The Evolution Of Your Brain
Chris Nickels for NPR

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How Sound Shaped The Evolution Of Your Brain

Sound gets into our brains and processed so quickly that it shapes all other perceptions, says neuroscientist Seth Horowitz. "You hear anywhere from 20 to 100 times faster than you see."

How Sound Shaped The Evolution Of Your Brain

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Wednesday

Do City Dogs Dream Of Chasing Country Sheep?

Lily chases sheep for the first time in her shepherd-mix life, at Raspberry Ridge Sheep Farm in eastern Pennsylvania. Several times a year the farm invites dogs for "herding instinct tests." Fred Mogul/WNYC hide caption

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Do City Dogs Dream Of Chasing Country Sheep?

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Many people spend summertime in the great outdoors, enjoying simpler living. Reporter Fred Mogul took his city dog to a farm in Pennsylvania to see if she might enjoy exploring her shepherding roots.

Do City Dogs Dream Of Chasing Country Sheep?

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Thursday

Froggy Went A-Courtin', But Lady Frogs Chose Second-Best Guy Instead

Male and female tungara frogs. Among these frogs, the guy with the best call usually wins the gal — except when you throw a third-choice loser into the mix. Alexander T. Baugh/Encyclopedia of Life hide caption

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Froggy Went A-Courtin', But Lady Frogs Chose Second-Best Guy Instead

Given two choices of attractive mates, female frogs pick the top vocalist. But add a third, inferior male to the mix, and females go for No. 2. The "decoy effect" shapes some human choices, too.

Froggy Went A-Courtin', But Lady Frogs Chose Second-Best Guy Instead

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Contagious Aphrodisiac? Virus Makes Crickets Have More Sex
Daniel Horowitz for NPR

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Contagious Aphrodisiac? Virus Makes Crickets Have More Sex

Researchers have stumbled upon a virus that makes crickets horny before it kills them. Inducing your host to mate more is a great way for a virus to spread its own genes.

Contagious Aphrodisiac? Virus Makes Crickets Have More Sex

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