Mussels don't have noses, but two Maine scientists believe the dark shellfish rely on smells when choosing where to set up their homes.
Ecology
May 10, 2016
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Members of the public are being sought to take part in a new study by the University of Southampton to understand people's perceptions of automated vehicles.
Engineering
Apr 8, 2016
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Young children will spontaneously invent tool behaviours to solve novel problems, without the help of adults, much as non-human great apes have been observed to do. The findings, from the University of Birmingham, are contrary ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 23, 2016
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Aging affects the cognitive abilities of dogs, as a recent study by the Clever Dog Lab of the Messerli Research Institute at the Vetmeduni Vienna shows. A team of scientists studied dogs of different ages working on a specially ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 2, 2016
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We create words to label people, places, actions, thoughts, and more so we can express ourselves meaningfully to others. Do humans' shared cognitive abilities and dependence on languages naturally provide a universal means ...
Social Sciences
Feb 1, 2016
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Why do dolphins evolve large brains relative to the size of their bodies, while blue whales and hippos have brains that are relatively small?
Plants & Animals
Jan 29, 2016
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In 2014, 75.4 million Baby Boomers lived in the United States, according to Pew Research. As this generation continues to age, dialogue will increase on how to manage concerns associated with aging, such as the decline in ...
Economics & Business
Dec 1, 2015
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Two captive elephants blast air through their trunks to grasp hard-to-reach food, suggests an initial study published today in Springer's journal Animal Cognition. This behaviour, studied in a zoo population of Asian elephants ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 5, 2015
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The society you live in can shape the complexity of your brain—and it does so differently for social insects than for humans and other vertebrate animals.
Plants & Animals
Jun 16, 2015
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If you've ever found it hard to concentrate on one thing without stopping to check your emails or post to social media, you're not alone. The average human attention span – how long we can concentrate effectively on a single ...
Other
May 28, 2015
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