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Today, you\u2019ll learn about a new and stimulating method that could potentially help smokers kick the habit, an innovative copper coating that kills bacteria on touchscreens, and the little birds that sometimes make for great stepdads.  

Tobacco Treatment 

• \u201cCan brain stimulation help people kick their tobacco addiction?\u201d by Eric W. Dolan. 2024.  
• \u201cWhy Won\u2019t Our Patients Stop Smoking?\u201d by David M. Mannino, MD. 2009.  
• \u201cA randomized controlled trial of intermittent theta burst stimulation to the medial prefrontal cortex for tobacco use disorder: Clinical efficacy and safety.\u201d by Merideth A. Addicott, et al. 2024.  

Clean Touchscreen 

• \u201cCopper coating turns touchscreens into bacteria killers.\u201d by Ben Coxworth. 2024.  
• \u201cTowards transparent and durable copper-containing antimicrobial surfaces.\u201d by Christina Graham, et al. 2024.  

Parrot Stepdads 

• \u201cNew animal dads often kill their stepchildren. These parrots adopt them instead.\u201d by Virginia Morell. 2024.  
• \u201cEviction-driven infanticide and sexually selected adoption and infanticide in a neotropical parrot.\u201d by Steven R. Beissinger & Karl S. Berg. 2024.  

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