Here’s looking at you: Dogs can discriminate emotions of human faces from photos
This is the experimental apparatus to test whether dogs can discriminate emotional expressions of human faces.
Credit: Clever Dog Lab, Messerli Research Institute
A team of...
Smiling human faces are attractive to dogs, thanks to oxytocin
The hormone oxytocin is probably a key factor in the interaction between dogs and humans.
Credit: Sanni Somppi
Researchers in the University of Helsinki's Canine Mind...
Theory: Flexibility is at the heart of human intelligence
The more readily the brain forms and reforms its connectivity in response to changing needs, the better it works, according to Aron Barbey, author...
Molecules in spit may be able to diagnose, predict length of concussions
Diagnosing a concussion can sometimes be a guessing game, but clues taken from small molecules in saliva may be able to help diagnose and...
Ice shapes the landslide landscape on Mars
This image from NASA's Mars Curiosity rover shows the Amargosa Valley, on the slopes leading up to Mount Sharp on Mars.
Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech...
Violent methane storms on Titan may solve dune direction mystery
This image is a view of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, with its ringed host in the background. New research from the University of Washington...
Unexpected atmospheric vortex behavior on Saturn’s moon Titan
Titan's winter polar vortex imaged by the Cassini Spacecraft's ISS camera. The vortex is now in deep winter and can only be seen because...
Previous evidence of water on Mars now identified as grainflows
This HiRISE image cutout shows Recurring Slope Lineae in Tivat crater on Mars in enhanced color. The narrow, dark flows descend downhill (towards the...
Climate changes triggered immigration to America in the 19th century, study finds
Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration, Upper New York Bay.
Credit: © littleny / Fotolia
In the 19th century, over 5 million Germans moved to North...
A man’s best friend: Study shows dogs can recognize human emotions
For the first time, researchers have shown that dogs must form abstract mental representations of positive and negative emotional states, and are not simply...
Despite Their Small Brains, Ravens and Crows May Be Just as Clever as Chimps,...
Crow.
Credit: Helena Osvath
A study led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden suggests that ravens can be as clever as chimpanzees, despite having much...
