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New research by Smithsonian scientists suggests that preferences for certain sounds might be evolutionarily conserved ...

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At Royal Sanctuary Therapy Farm, a miniature horse, a miniature donkey, a handful of goats and other animals are doing something their owner insists she cannot -- healing people.

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