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How do crows develop such distinct and individual “voices”? I don’t hear this with other bird species in my garden.

Jill Colman,

Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK

Why do older people seem to experience time passing more quickly?

Derek Johnson,

Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, UK

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