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animal intelligence

AI has a specific Spider-Man 'brain cell' just like humans do

Technology

AI has a specific Spider-Man 'brain cell' just like humans do

Human brains have neurons related to specific people, called grandmother cells, and now these have also been identified in artificial neural networks

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Some frogs have noise-cancelling lungs to dampen other species’ calls

Life

Some frogs have noise-cancelling lungs to dampen other species’ calls

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Technology

Facebook AI learned object recognition from 1 billion Instagram pics

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antlion

Life

Playing dead really works to help insects avoid being eaten by birds

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dolphin and man fishing

Environment

Dolphins that help humans catch fish are being disturbed by ship noise

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pufferfish

Life

Pufferfish blink by pulling in their eyeballs and puckering their skin

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Why insulting people's intelligence is incompatible with open debate

Humans

Why insulting people's intelligence is incompatible with open debate

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moth

Life

Moth species becomes more sexually active when bathed in red light

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slug

Life

Watch a slug use a thin thread of slime as a slide to reach the ground

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dog

Life

Dogs prove they are aware of their own bodies when playing fetch

Dogs standing on a mat to which a toy is attached will step off the mat before attempting to fetch the toy for a human, showing they may have a sense of body awareness

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Life

Knifefish use electric fields to develop a complex social hierarchy

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Life

Insect brains will teach us how to make truly intelligent robots

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Technology

AI can use the veins on your hand like fingerprints to identify you

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Earth

Sound waves from fin whale songs could help us study Earth’s crust

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