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 ...

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Die Natur erklären wir, das Seelenleben verstehen wir [Nature we explain, but psychic life we understand] ― Wilhelm Dilthey, 1894 When I first started studying psychology, I noticed there were two ...

As it begins to explain its mythology, the Absolute Green Lantern series has exposed a key problem of DC’s Absolute Universe. The new series has drawn its mysteries out for too long, killing much of ...

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers for the finale of Every Year After. Charlie Florek’s (Michael Bradway) redemption arc is loading. In the final moments of the season one finale of Prime ...

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 ...

AI Quick Read The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has reopened a special FCNR(B) swap window for banks to attract foreign currency deposits from non-resident Indians (NRIs), reviving a mechanism last used ...