Buying a new washing machine isn't a task anyone necessarily loves having on their to-do list. Sure, it can be fun to usher a shiny new appliance through your front door, but the process of actually ...

For new discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines, follow NPR's ShortWave podcast . Over a century ago, the German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler conducted what became a ...

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 ...

Despite having tiny brains, bumblebees have demonstrated a remarkable ability to socially learn how to use tools, solve simple puzzles, and cooperate to achieve a goal. It seems they can also solve ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Spurs face four critical challenges as they prepare to face the Knicks in the NBA Finals with a young roster. Their struggles in non-star minutes and inefficient rim conversion could be exploited ...

“If you are a mathematician,” one of the world’s leading mathematicians recently wrote, “you may want to make sure you are sitting down before reading further.” And you’ll definitely need to sit down ...

Years ago, I went to a therapist who practiced Acceptance and Commitment Therapy — popularly known as ACT — which asks patients to interrogate what their values are, and whether their behaviors are ...

Education research doesn’t only have to be left to university researchers and think tanks. Teachers can also do it themselves, and today’s post shares concrete examples. You might also be interested ...

Some readers may solve the problem procedurally: line up the two numbers, add the ones column, carry the one, and add the tens to get 43. Others might instead notice a creative shortcut: 29 + 14 is ...

The filmmaker proposed to the Hallmark actress on the beach in October 2024 Hunter King/Instagram Hunter King is married! The Young and the Restless star and Emmy winner, 32, wed filmmaker Chris ...