Cows can now be counted among the animals shown to use tools deliberately – and to adapt them to different tasks.
In a series of controlled experiments, a Swiss Brown cow (Bos taurus) named Veronika has demonstrated her tool-use proficiency,…
Regularly engaging in a diverse mix of physical activities, including walking, running, and…
Veronika the cow reaches down and picks up a brush with her mouth. Instead of using it in a single, simple way, she rotates the object, selects different ends, and changes her movements depending on where she wants to scratch. The behavior looks…
The shingles vaccine, solely given to prevent severe side effects from a shingles outbreak, predominantly in older populations, might come with another sought-after add-on: slowing biological aging.
This is what data derived from a nationally…
In November 2020, a freak wave appeared, lifting a lone buoy off the coast of British Columbia 17.6 meters (58 feet) high.
A few years later, the four-story wall of water was confirmed to be the most extreme rogue wave ever recorded.
Such an…
Turns out, when it comes to sugar and our health, how we consume it matters more than how much we consume overall. Two recent studies suggest that drinking sugar — like soda, energy drinks, and even fruit juice — may be far worse for our…
Water is one of the most important resources on Earth. For decades, scientists have warned that parts of the planet were becoming “water-stressed” or facing a “water crisis.” According to a new United Nations report, those terms no longer…
Justice for Far Side cartoonist Gary Larson: A team of scientists has observed, for the first time, a cow using a tool in a flexible manner. The ingenuity of “Veronika,” as the animal is called, shows that cattle possess enough intelligence…
After lying dormant for nearly 100 million years, a supermassive black hole has roared back to life — and astronomers have caught it in the act. New radio images, published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, reveal the black…
Gentoo penguins along the Antarctic Peninsula are now beginning their breeding season nearly two weeks earlier than they did a decade ago, the fastest shift in reproductive timing yet documented in birds. New research links the change to warming…
