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Some Dogs Are ‘Gifted Word Learners’ That Learn Language by Eavesdropping—Just Like Human Toddlers

New research suggests prodigious pups that already have large vocabularies can learn new words by listening in on their ...

'Harry Potter' audiobook: Iwan Rheon and Blake Harrison on finding Lupin's werewolf howl, Pettigrew's mouse voice and almost playing Dobby

They make their debuts as Prof. Remus Lupin (Rheon) and Peter Pettigrew (Harrison) in "Prisoner of Azkaban," released by ...