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In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable ...

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Scientists observe bumblebees rolling a ball underneath a flower to get sugar, showing complex problem-solving abilities.

Heidi J. Larson is chair of the board of the Global Listening Project, a professor of anthropology, risk and decision science in the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Dynamics, London ...

Psychologist Brian Nosek’s latest work indicates that many results in the social sciences don’t stand up to immediate scrutiny. But that’s the beginning of a conversation, not the end, he explains to ...

Popper influenced modern science. But are there limits to his ideas? Physicist Junichi Akiyama Graduate of Tohoku University ...

Overview: Algorithm selection is an engineering decision: the wrong choice can freeze a system at scale, regardless of ...