Mind
Self-Recognition in Cats?
Do cats have self recognition? This video suggests they might not, at least in terms of passing the mirror recognition task. But, well, this isn’t really the mirror recognition task...
The Thoughtful Animal
Exploring the evolution and architecture of the mind
Mind
Want A Pet Fox?
You can have a pet domesticated fox of your very own – from the Russian fox farm I’ve previously written about – for the low low price of just $5,950.
Mind
Music While Doing Science – Part 1
Last week, I asked on twitter, and then on the blog, about peoples’ preferences for listening to music while doing various types of sciencey work, and conducted an informal survey...
Mind
Chimpanzee Curiosity (Video)
The awesome videos just keep on coming. Check out this one from National Geographic. A juvenile chimp and her mother set out to do some fishing for termites in Congo’s Goualougo Triangle, but the juvenile spots something interesting – an apparently not-so-well hidden camera – and investigates...
Mind
Aliens in our Midst
Well, sort of. Ready for the new SETI blog here at Scienceblogs? They launched today. I don’t know if we have to look to the skies to find aliens.
Mind
Molting Crabs
This is just cool. No behavior, no cognition, no neuroscience. Just animal awesomeness. Amazing time-lapse video of a twelve-foot spider crab molting.
Mind
New Sciblings, Book Club, and More
Lots of new things to tell you about. First, SB has reinvigorated the ScienceBlogs Book Club. The first book being discussed is “Inside the Outbreaks: The Elite Medical Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service” by Mark Pendergrast, who is participating in the book club himself, and already has a post up...
Mind
Editor’s Selections: iPhones, Navigation, Crayfish, and Imagination
Here at my Research Blogging Editor’s Selections for this week: A few hours late, but full of psychological and neurosciencey goodness as always!
Mind
Monday Pets: Caring For Babies and Pets
Happy Father’s Day, everyone! I spent a lot of time today thinking back to why I started blogging in the first place, while I was at my parents house doing the other-than-science things that I love to do: playing with the dog, cooking, gardening...
Mind
The Blogosphere Is Alive With The Sounds of Bullying
I’ve been watching with interest a recent kerfuffle involving a relatively new blog in the sciblogosphere, Academic Jungle, which is written by the pseudonymous blogger GeekMommyProf...
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Anthropology in Practice
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Budding Scientist
Everything you always wanted to know about raising science-literate kids
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Dog Spies
Explore the science behind the dog in your bed
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News and research about endangered species from around the world
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The Science Behind Extreme Weather
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Science by and for kids ages 8-15
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Climate science in a changing world
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Illusions, Delusions, and Everyday Deceptions
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Mathematics: learning it, doing it, celebrating it.
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Adventures in the good science of rock-breaking.
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A Blog About the Weird Wonderfulness of Life on Earth
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Exploring and celebrating diversity in science.
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