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Several of us have had the song “Talk to the Animals” from the 1967 film Doctor Dolittle stuck in our heads while working on this month's story about how artificial intelligence could help us do just that. Investigative journalist Lois Parshley explains how scientists and AIs are trying to decipher sounds from whales, birds, dogs, and more.