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Common fish species has 'human' ability to learn

Although worlds apart, the way fish learn could be closer to humans' way of thinking than previously believed, suggests a new research study.

Biology / Evolution

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Study separates russian flat tax myth and fact

Proponents of a flat rate income tax often point to Russia's 2001 switch to a 13 percent flat tax as nothing short of an economic miracle.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Individual primates display variation in general intelligence

Scientists at Harvard University have shown, for the first time, that intelligence varies among individual monkeys within a species - in this case, the cotton-top tamarin.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0