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 ...

Insects join list of species capable of solving simple ‘box-and-banana’ problem that demonstrates basic intelligence Bumblebees can use tools to solve a problem, according to experiments that ...

As the adage goes, “big things come in tiny packages.” Just ask the humble bumblebee. A team of researchers at the University of Oulu in Finland published a research paper on June 4, suggesting that ...

Movie S4. Task solution in Experiment 3. This movie shows a bee solving the task in Experiment 3. The beginning of the video (habituation phase, without the ball present) is shown at accelerated speed ...

In an era dominated by social media, misinformation has become an all too familiar foe, infiltrating our feeds and sowing seeds of doubt and confusion. With more than half of social media users across ...

RALEIGH, NC — For years, WRAL Investigates tracked problems with North Carolina's unemployment benefits system. Now, two new follow-up audits show the same problems still persist inside the Division ...

Modern recruiting is marked by an “algorithmic monoculture” in which only a small number of vendors supply applicant screening algorithms, Stanford researchers said. The tendency of employers to use ...

Zealand Pharma shares fell sharply after partner Boehringer Ingelheim said nearly one-fifth of patients in a late-stage study for an experimental obesity shot pulled out due to gastrointestinal side ...

Five students partnered with Dr. Ahmad Ghafarian, a UNG professor of computer science and cybersecurity, on the application ...

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 ...

Two years ago, Raleigh set a goal to plant 24,000 trees by the city's 240th birthday in 2032. Budget cuts could now hamstring the start of that effort. What's the city's tree-planting plan? A Wake ...

A computer algorithm used by ambulance service call handlers to triage cases "could not" have classified a Middlesbrough-born man's case as the highest priority, an inquest has heard. The Pathways ...