We taught bees a simple number language—and they got it
Most children learn that written numbers represent quantities in pre-school or junior primary school.
Plants & Animals
Jun 5, 2019
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News tagged with symbol
Researchers study mechanical properties of mammoth ivory from the Siberian permafrost soils
For the first time, scientists from the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena and the Senckenberg Research Station for Quaternary Palaeontology Weimar conducted a detailed comparison of the mechanical properties of mammoth ...
Archaeology
Feb 28, 2019
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Symbolic significance of sustainable products needs to be emphasised more among consumers
Consumers appear to embrace sustainable innovations, such as electric vehicles and smart energy systems, because it means something positive for their status and identity. Raising people's awareness of this symbolic significance ...
Environment
Nov 14, 2018
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The evolution of language? There's an app for that
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany have just launched the Color Game, an app designed to provide a new way to study language evolution. The game asks players to communicate ...
Social Sciences
May 14, 2018
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Nothing matters: how the invention of zero helped create modern mathematics
A small dot on an old piece of birch bark marks one of the biggest events in the history of mathematics. The bark is actually part of an ancient Indian mathematical document known as the Bakhshali manuscript. And the dot ...
Mathematics
Sep 21, 2017
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Study shows need for increased protection of world's national animal symbols
The snowy-feathered head and distinctive brown body of the bald eagle is a proud national symbol of the United States, adorning the country's currency and passports. The lion, known as "King of the Beasts," represents national ...
Ecology
May 24, 2017
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Michelangelo's Medici Chapel may contain hidden symbols of female anatomy
Michelangelo often surreptitiously inserted pagan symbols into his works of art, many of them possibly associated with anatomical representations. A new analysis suggests that Michelangelo may have concealed symbols associated ...
Archaeology
Apr 4, 2017
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Vita: next Space Station mission name and logo
ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli will be launched to the International Space Station next year for his third spaceflight. The name and logo for his mission were announced today.
Space Exploration
Nov 24, 2016
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Debugging system for complex analysis of programs that import huge swaths of commonly used code
Symbolic execution is a powerful software-analysis tool that can be used to automatically locate and even repair programming bugs. Essentially, it traces out every path that a program's execution might take.
Computer Sciences
May 25, 2016
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Researchers show humans and other animals can understand quantities, even without language
Symbols don't always have to be part of the equation to understand math, according to cognitive neuroscientist Elizabeth Brannon.
Plants & Animals
Apr 28, 2016
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