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1. There’s no such thing as a gifted child.
By Wendy Berliner in the Guardian
2. Eating at the wrong time can affect your body weight and more.
By the UT Southwestern Medical Center
3. This is why nobody has successfully reinvented email.
By Pete Pachal in Mashable
4. Yes, birth order really matters — and being born first is best.
By Shankar Vedantam at NPR
5. Exercising is contagious — especially if you’re a man.
By the MIT Sloan School of Management

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