Archive for May, 2006

Two articles from the National Geographic website remind us of the elegance of new species creation. In the first, a new DNA study suggests that human and chimpanzee lines split from apes much earlier than previously believed, and that interbreeding occurred much longer than previously acknowledged before the two species diverged. This is significant because […]

Gimme one of those bird brains, please! Follow this link to an interesting study of pigeon behavior that proves that they’re subconsciously/innately/insert your favorite word for accepting or rejecting animal intelligence here able to think in logarithmic terms. If you’re one of those mathematically challenged folks like I am, you might ask, “Who cares?”  However, researchers […]

Here’s an interesting article about a course being offered by the Harvard Extension School called The Cognitive Dog: Savant or Slacker. What I found intriguing about this is that the course’s creator, Bruce Blumberg, works in animation and began studying his dogs in an attempt to understand their behavior. As a result, students gain the […]