A Single-Celled Organism Capable of Learning
The slime mold Physarum polycephalum (diameter: around 10 centimeters), made up of a single cell, was here cultivated in the laboratory on agar gel.
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Two Barbados Bird Species Enter the Select Club of String-Pullers
Bullfinches performing the string-pulling task.
Credit: Audet et al. (2016); CCAL
The Barbados bullfinch and Carib grackle can pass the popular animal cognition test of string-pulling,...
String Pulling Bees Provide Insight Into Spread of Culture
A blue artificial flower contains sucrose solution in a well in the centre. The flower is placed under a clear Plexiglas table, so the...
Your Dog Remembers What You Did
This image shows Claudia Fugazza and her dog demonstrating the Do As I Do Method.
Credit: Mirko Lui
People have a remarkable ability to remember and...
Macaques, Like Humans, Know How Well They Can Recall Memories
Retrospection: Self-reflection of one's own past.
Credit: Yasushi Miyashita
Researchers have pinpointed a brain region monkeys use to evaluate their ability to recall memories. To date,...
You Spy With Your Little Eye, Dogs Can Adopt the Perspective of Humans
Dogs are able to identify the human having an eye on a hidden food source.
Credit: Ludwig Huber/Vetmeduni Vienna
Humans are able to interpret the behaviour...
Piglets Prefer New Toys, Behavior Study Shows
In a study testing novel object recognition and location, piglets interacted with these objects.
Credit: Stephen Fleming
We can't help but be tempted by new things....
Cocoa and Chocolate Are Not Just Treats — They Are Good for Your Cognition
Dark chocolate.
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A balanced diet is chocolate in both hands -- a phrase commonly used to justify ones chocolate snacking behavior....
What happens to the boats? The 1755 Lisbon earthquake and Portuguese tsunami literacy
Scenario presented at the beginning of the study interviews and then the "correct answers."
Credit: Clara Vasconcelos et al., Geosphere, and The Geological Society of...
Lessons from Parkfield Help Predict Continued Fault Movements After Earthquakes
These two photos showing evidence of afterslip were taken where the West Napa fault crosses Highway 12 at Cuttings Wharf Road. The first offset...
New Model Could Help Predict Major Earthquakes
(Left) The previous source model of the large earthquakes in this subduction zone. The 1906 earthquake has been interpreted as a megathrust event (Mw...
