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Why do we speak to babies and pets in cute, silly voices? Part 2

Although the cute voices we use when speaking to babies and pets sound similar, they are actually quite different, explain our readers

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Trefoil Horseshoe Bats (Rhinolophus trifoliatus) range throughout most of Southeast Asia, living in understory forests. It roosts alone in foliage, including beneath palm and rattan leaves. and hunts by listening and waiting for insects to fly by it's feeding perches. Portraits

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Endearing photos of bats show clever adaptations like long tongues

2YBG29C The biggest and brightest supermoon of the year, known as the Hunter's Moon, rises above a neighborhood, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold/The Gazette via AP)

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Prepare to enjoy four spectacular supermoons in a row

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I want to warm up fast, should I put on聽my trousers or my top first?

Exposures of clocks, watches, Time-Pieces of various kinds and periods. Photograph ?? Santosh Verma

Why are there 60 seconds in a聽minute and 60 minutes in an hour? part 2

One reader points out that the second corresponds to a human's typical resting heart rate

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