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Animal Intelligence
Head direction cells act like internal compasses to help the birds navigate during long flights.
The insects were just as accurate as trained dogs, although not as cuddly.
Awe is a powerful force, a fact that is both exciting and terrifying.
John Templeton Foundation
The A.I. system could improve the lives of commercially raised pigs.
Two aspects of memory – fast updating and long lasting – are typically considered incompatible, yet the insects combined them.
The story of dog domestication is one of converting the wild wolf into man's nicer, smarter, best friend. It might be all wrong.
Once numbering just 27 birds, the global population of California condors is now in the hundreds.
Despite the wide diversity of spider species, most orb-weavers seem to follow the same playbook when building their webs.
We seem to be wired to calculate not the shortest path but the “pointiest” one, facing us toward our destination as much as possible.