Chimpanzees React To A Robo-Doll
A large portion of what animals do is interact with each other. As a social species, we can hardly go an hour without some kind of interaction with another human, be it face-to-face or via text or email...
Not bad science
New discoveries in animal behavior and cognition
Unique Science Communication: Isabella Rossellini
I recently wrote an article about science communication, and in it mentioned that people can communicate science in many different ways using many different types of media.
Bumblebees Are More Flexible Than We Knew
I recently wrote about how bumblebees were able to perform some seemingly impressive feats, although the underlying reason they could do so was relatively simple.
Left-Eyed Fish Are Faster Learners
You may have heard the claim that left-handed people are smarter than right handed people. Specifically, it seems that left-handed people are over represented in musicians, architects and art and music students...
Robins Pay Attention To Which Way You’re Looking When Stealing From You
In a week where gaze-following seems to be the hot topic, there being studies in both primates and dogs, another study took a rather different approach to looking at gaze-following.
Dogs Follow the Gaze of Humans, Especially When There’s Food Involved
I recently wrote about how humans and other primates follow the gaze of others. This week I read about two more interesting findings relating to gaze-following, the first in dogs, the second in robins...
How To Get Into Science Communication Online
I recently taught a class on science journalism and science communication. Although there have been a few articles on this topic already (in particular I'd recommend reading Ed Yong's and Carl Zimmer's) I thought I'd share a bit of advice from my own experience...
Mind & Brain
Is It Possible To Forget? Investigating the Suppression of Memories
Everyone has experiences happen to them that they'd rather forget about. Every so often though, you might have a reminder of that experience: perhaps someone says something to you or you see something that jogs your memory...
Biology
What Are You Looking At? Is Gaze-Following Uniquely Human?
Imagine that you walk into a room, where three people are sitting, facing you. Their faces are oriented towards you, but all three of them have their eyes directed towards the left side of the room...
Biology
Fake Jewels: Male Spiders Give Worthless Gifts to Entice Females
In many animals, males give females a gift in the hope of getting to mate with her. This might sound overly simplistic, but this really can be how it happens.
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