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Puffins stay cool thanks to their large beak https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/puffins-stay-cool-thanks-their-large-beak-302883 A little prairie can rescue honey bees from famine on the farm, study finds https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/804708 Japanese anime and zoos boost public interest in conservation of real-life animal characters https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/press/z0508_00084.html U of T research reveals why nicotine initially feels disgusting, could help smokers quit https://www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-study-reveals-why-nicotine-initially-feels-disgusting-could-help-smokers-quit Potential harm of new viruses predicted by study https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2019/potential-harm-of-new-viruses-predicted-by-study In a BMBF-funded project, LMU linguist Julia Büttner-Kunert plans to assess the quality of interpersonal communication in individuals with dementia and people traumatic brain injuries, with the aim to develop new approaches to therapy. http://www.en.uni-muenchen.de/news/newsarchiv/2019/buettner_neuroprag.html Glass from a 3D printer https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2019/11/glass-from-a-3d-printer.html Cosmic explosions: detecting the highest-energy light https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2019/nov/cosmic-explosions-detecting-highest-energy-light NUS researchers create new metallic material for flexible soft robots http://news.nus.edu.sg/research/nus-researchers-create-new-metallic-material-flexible-soft-robots ‘Trickster god’ used fake news in Babylonian Noah story https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/trickster-god-used-fake-news-in-babylonian-noah-story Unique sledge dogs helped the Inuit thrive in the North American Arctic http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2019-11-28-unique-sledge-dogs-helped-inuit-thrive-north-american-arctic Study shows there’s nothing wacky about conspiracy theorists https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/study-shows-there%E2%80%99s-nothing-wacky-about-conspiracy-theorists And Finally Games can protect thinking skills in older age https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2019/games-can-protect-thinking-skills-in-older-age