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Welcome to the science podcast for April 10, 2015.

I'm Suzanne Bard, filling in for Sarah Crespi.

In this week's show, we have David Grimm up first with some online news stories,

and then we hear from Chris Tyler Smith about sequencing the genome of mountain gorillas.

Support for the science podcast is provided by AAAAS, the American Association for the

Advancement of Science, advancing science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the

benefit of all people.

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Now we have David Grimm, editor for our daily news site.

He's here to talk about some recent online stories.

I'm Suzanne Bard.

Our first story takes us to the Netherlands, where you might find

yourself looking up a lot. That's because the Dutch now hold the record as the world's tallest

people. In just 150 years, the average height there has shot up a whopping 20 centimeters. As in other

developed nations, much of the increase can be attributed to health,

wealth, and enough food to eat. But a new study suggests there's more to it than that.

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