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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.
Credit: © fortyforks / Fotolia
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...
Hard Rocks from Himalaya Raise Flood Risk for Millions
This is an image of the Modi Khola river, Nepal.
Credit: Henry Pinder
Scientists have shown how earthquakes and storms in the Himalaya can increase the...
Porewater Salinity: Key to Reconstructing 250,000 Years of Lake Van’s History
Carpanak, from peninsula to an island.
Credit: Image courtesy of EAWAG: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
The sediments of Lake Van in Eastern...
Engineers Find Way to Evaluate Green Roofs
Graduate student Reshmina William, left, and civil and environmental engineering professor Ashlynn Stillwell pause on the green roof over the Business Instructional Facility at...
New plate adds plot twist to ancient tectonic tale
Misfit plates in the Pacific led Rice University scientists to the discovery of the Malpelo Plate between the Galapagos...
