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German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler set up a famous experiment more than 100 years ago that changed how scientists understand animal intelligence and the power of insight — or spontaneous ...

In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable is that the bees had never been trained. The findings challenge the ...

Inventors in the 19th century strived to mechanize sewing, a laborious task. Contrary to myth, no single person invented the ...

Bumblebees faced with a challenge know how to play ball. Buff-tailed bumblebees can figure out on their own how to use a ball as a ladder to nab sugar from an out-of-reach fake flower, researchers ...

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On June 1, Jensen Huang took to the stage for GTC Taipei, and during his keynote, he introduced the six-foot Isaac GROOT humanoid robot. Nvidia calls it a reference design, which is industry shorthand ...

South Korean singer Kim Yun-seol has died at the age of 27. According to Korean media reports, she passed away on June 7. A funeral service was held shortly afterwards. The cause of death has not been ...

But new research highlights how these notions can actually counteract each other. Long-serving CEOs may even quash a firm’s appetite for innovation, without strong external advice. The paper from a ...

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