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SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST: It's time now for our science news roundup from Short Wave, NPR's science podcast. With me are host Regina Barber and science correspondent Ari Daniel. Hi to both of you. REGINA BARBER, BYLINE: Hi. ARI DANIEL, BYLINE: Hello there. PFEIFFER: So as usual, you have brought us three science stories that caught your attention recently. What three do you have this week? BARBER: How eating with somebody could help manage your blood sugar. DANIEL: Plus, really loud birds. BARBER: (Laughter) And the origin story of Bennu, the asteroid NASA visited to bring back samples. PFEIFFER: Let's start with the blood sugar one. That's very interesting. I'm wondering if you're going to talk to us about the calming effect of a group meal. So tell us what's going on that says that eating with someone could help manage your blood sugar? BARBER: Yeah, so researchers in Israel gave participants the same amount of carbs to eat. So in this case, it was bread. Then they measured their blood glucose levels, and they found, compared to people who ate alone, people who ate together were better at regulating their blood sugar. PFEIFFER: Regulating like it didn't spike as high?
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