Neural mechanisms underlying auditory restoration are not fully understood. Here authors show that, neural populations of the zebra finch in the equivalent of auditory cortex respond to song with deleted syllables as if the missing syllables were actually present, indicating that information about the temporal structure of song is stored in this area. Their findings suggest that the internal model has a generalized representation of species-typical syntax.

A 56 million-year-old fossil bone helps explain how this (mostly) flightless family of birds spread to so many different continents.

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The US visa shake-up could push talent north — but experts caution that Canada’s immigration system has its own challenges.