Quinn Mallory (Jerry O'Connell) holds his sliding timer in Sliders Season 1 Episode 1. Syfy.com All five seasons of Sliders — the 1995–2000 Fox and Sci Fi Channel series about a team of accidental ...

A new BBC director-general arrives but the old and giant problem does not go away. There’s not enough money. Matt Brittin ...

To the editor: Bill Schmick wrote that a majority of voters approved Donald Trump's anti-immigration rhetoric. ("Does declining immigration mean declining employment?," Eagle, June 8.) Donald Trump ...

“When crushed, sagebrush emits an odor which isn’t exactly magnolia and equally isn’t exactly polecat — but it is a sort of compromise between the two.” — Mark Twain My grand friend John asked me ...

The bees had to roll the ball under a blue "flower," then stand atop the moved object to access a sweet treat. Mikko Törmänen / University of Oulu Some bumblebees can spontaneously solve problems, a ...

It was disappointing to read the county’s assessment of the homeless count. The Human Services Agency touted it as a success, but the number of homeless has risen despite tens of millions of dollars ...

Abstract: Two-echelon distribution networks significantly enhance the delivery speed and reduce the distribution cost. Recent years have seen a growing trend in applying the reinforcement learning ...

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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 ...

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 ...