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1. Students Who Gesture during Learning 'Grasp' Concepts Better
   Hand movement appears to help in teaching about statistical models
   
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2. New Arkansas Law--and Similar Bills--Endanger Transgender Youth, Research Shows
   The legislation runs counter to evidence that puberty blockers and hormone treatments are safe and save lives
   
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3. Brood X Cicadas Could Cause a Bird Baby Boom
   Billions of emerging insects will likely trigger predator population surges—but some species mysteriously opt out of such bounties
   
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4. What Monkeys Can Teach Humans about Resilience after Disaster
   Following Hurricane Maria, a Puerto Rican colony of rhesus macaques broadened their social networks. Could humans do the same post-COVID?
   
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5. Slovakia Offers a Lesson in How Rapid Testing Can Fight COVID
   One of the country’s top epidemiologists explains how population-wide use of rapid antigen tests—in combination with other measures—helped get its outbreak under control
   
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