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Hello and welcome to the Naked Scientists with me Helen Scales and with Cat Arnie. Hello, We'll be finding out how the cuckoo gets away with leaving other birds to bring up its young

and how different birds try to avoid falling prey to its parasitic ways.

Also, we'll meet the rather intelligent birds who solve problems, make tools and generally show us how smart they are.

These are the rooks, and they've been seen to prove one of E-Sops fables to be true.

Plus, Mira visits the New Darwin Center at the Natural History Museum in London,

where you can see the amazing exhibits. It really is an incredible place and you can

pester the scientists while they work. And in this week's news there's a new discovery about the genes

involved in prostate cancer, how biofuels affect the oceans, robotic surgery, the robot doctors

are coming, and why drinking green tea can help you grow strong bones.

That's all to come on today's naked scientists.

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First up this week the World of Science News. Now are you a tea drinker cat?

I'm not really actually I gave up caffeine a while ago and I don't really go for tea a big decaf coffee drinker.

Well done, well that's very good of you, but I am a major addict. I go through phases but right now plain old builders tea, white

no sugar as we call it here, builders tea here in the UK. That's my cop of choice and I

just can't get through the day without it. But if you want a health boost in your daily

cupa then you could do a lot worse than reach for a swig of green tea and that's

apparently one of the world's most popular drinks and we can understand why

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