The city of Durham is selecting artists for three different public projects aimed at using art to help address community ...

Combinatorial optimization problems are often encountered in real-world applications, including logistics, scheduling and ...

For more than 25 years, Juan Sebastian Palomo Murga has built companies that solve real-world challenges across infrastructure, logistics, technology, and financial services.

As IEEE Quantum Week returns to Toronto this September, last year’s keynote from Nvidia’s Sam Stanwyck offers a candid look ...

UPS never required the detailed inspections needed to spot the problem that led to an engine to fly off one of its planes ...

Expect to see more smaller school buses on the road in Palm Beach County when the 2026-27 school year gets going in August.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...