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The humble bumblebee is proof that brain size isn't everything.This little insect with its wee, seed-sized brain has shown a level of collective intelligence in experiments that scientists thought was wholly unique to humans.When trained in the lab to open a two-step puzzle box, bumblebees of the species Bombus terrestris could teach the solution to another bee that had never seen the box before. This naive bee would not have solved the puzzle on its own. To teach the 'demonstrator' bees the non-intuitive solution in the…

It’s humanly impossible to know everything. Even though our brains are amazing and can store up to 2.5 million gigabytes of digital memory, it’s no match to the amount of data humans produce every year—2.5 quintillion bytes, to be precise. However, this fact shouldn’t stop us from learning or discovering something new; after all, it helps us to feel happier and more fulfilled in our lives. This is where the Instagram account “Yup That Exists” comes in, which provides its followers with the most peculiar and unique…

A strange phase of matter that previously existed purely in the realm of theory has finally been detected in a real material.It's known as the Bragg glass phase – a strange, seemingly paradoxical arrangement of atoms in a glass material where the particles are nearly as ordered as those in a perfect crystal. Scientists weren't even sure Bragg glass existed, but there it was, hiding in an alloy of palladium inserted between layers of terbium and tellurium (PdxErTe3).The discovery, led by physicist Krishnanand Mallayya of…

Hearing the words ‘beauty standards’, we can already assume that it will be something totally unnatural and not great for health both physically and mentally. As years go by, they change (at least a little bit), and most cultures have their own, but probably most of us can agree that when we hear beauty standards, we imagine that to fit in, we must be slim with pouty lips and pointy noses.Well, one Reddit user recently started a thread asking people online to share the dumbest beauty standards that they have heard of. I…

Indicators of economic development, like the GDP, do not always tell us how people are really doing. Or at least how they feel.When the Pew Research Center asked 43,000 people from 38 countries if the world is better off now than it was 50 years ago, 43 percent said yes while 38 percent said no.Interested in what things the latter group blames for their discontent, Reddit user Madbonkersbean made a post on the platform, asking everyone "What invention has most negatively impacted society?" Here are some of the most…

January 18, 20244 min readSometime between C.E. 1100 and 1700, a Massospondylus dinosaur bone was found and carried to a rock shelter in Lesotho, marking the earliest known human discovery of a dinosaur fossilBy Julien Benoit, Cameron Penn-Clarke, Charles Helm & The Conversation USMassospondylus carinatus neotype specimen. Credit: Kimberley E. J. ChapelleThe following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research.Credit for discovering the first dinosaur…

Recent findings from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal that oxygen was abundant in the early Universe, suggesting that life’s essential elements were present much earlier than previously thought.New findings from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal a surprising abundance of oxygen in the early Universe. Researchers discovered that oxygen levels in galaxies surged within 500-700 million years following the Universe’s birth, reaching levels comparable to those in contemporary galaxies. This suggests that the essential…

AirDrop’s encrypted security features that allow users to transfer files without revealing the sender’s contact details have become increasingly popular in China, but one state-backed Chinese firm claims it can identify users.This has been developed as part of the Chinese government in an effort to crackdown on activists and other citizens using AirDrop to send information without government tracking. AirDrop was heavily used during the 2019 protests in Hong Kong to share information and pro-democracy slogans without…

Another hint Apple tested a black Apple Watch Ultra before scrapping the plans and focusing only on the Natural Titanium color has surfaced on the web. After an FCC image with a black Apple Watch Ultra was discovered last year, an X user posted images of an Alpine Loop prototype designed for this non-existent model.This blue Alpine Loop prototype (via MacRumors) featured an anodized black titanium hook and lugs, which is the part that needs to match the Apple Watch color. For example, the orange Alpine Loop…

Ever since The Rise of Skywalker in 2019, Disney has struggled with getting more Star Wars movies off the ground. In the years since, Lucasfilm has had a nasty habit of announcing things for the series and then not making them, if they ever actually existed at all. And it all dates back to December 10, 2020, where Disney’s Investor Day livestream saw a plethora of new Star Wars projects get revealed. Unboxing Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Limited Edition Playstation 5 BundleIn another galaxy, perhaps one not so long ago or far,…