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5 feline facts to help see your cat in a new light
Research offers new insights into our feline friends' biology and behavior.
AI 'godfather' Yoshua Bengio wins Canada's top science award
Yoshua Bengio, who helped make the AI revolution possible, won Canada’s most prestigious science prize. He speaks to Bob McDonald about why he’s both proud and frightened of the potential of the field he helped create.
New research challenges the role of 'love hormone' in relationships
For decades, scientists have investigated oxytocin’s effects on creating bonds between mates and with their offspring by studying monogamous prairie voles. But a new study suggests that genetically "shutting the door" to oxytocin in the rodents has little effect on their bonding or parenting behaviour.
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How 'bizarre' behaviours made this scientist appreciate what the brain can do
Brain injuries that cause major changes in cognition, personality and abilities have given us significant insight into how the brain functions. Neuroscientist Marc Dingman has collected some of these stories in a new book, Bizarre: The most peculiar cases of human behavior and what they tell us about how the brain works.
'AI scientist' brings us a step closer to the age of machine-generated scientific discovery
Scientists mostly use artificial intelligence systems to assist in labour-intensive tasks like experimental data processing. A recently developed AI system, equipped with algorithms for logical reasoning, has demonstrated that it can come up with new scientific theories.
Fossils paint the picture of gorilla-sized penguins that once roamed New Zealand
Paleontologists have identified 50 million-year-old fossil bones found on a New Zealand beach as the remains of a super-sized early penguin species. These waddling water birds would have likely been about a metre and a half tall and weighed in at 150 kilograms.
Voles can teach us a lot about love. Here's what the latest scientific findings show
For decades, scientists have investigated oxytocin’s effects on creating bonds between mates and with their offspring by studying monogamous prairie voles. But a new study suggests that genetically "shutting the door" to oxytocin in the rodents has little effect on their bonding or parenting behaviour.
Ancient sea creature sported a big fork on its head to toss away the competition, study suggests
Researchers have used 3D model reconstructions of a bizarre trilobite — an ancient shelled sea creature — to understand why it grew a trident as long as its whole body on its head.
Batteries power the modern lifestyle. But what is the environmental cost of our electrified future?
Rechargeable batteries have revolutionized modern technology, powering up everything from smartphones to cars to snow blowers. So how can we meet the increased demand for the materials needed to build batteries, while keeping the environmental and human costs of resource extraction low?
Drone surveillance and crowdfunded ransom: How tech is changing borders and those who cross them
Millions of people are on the move today, in the biggest forced displacement since the Second World War. And unlike in decades past, new technologies are changing the narratives of their movement — both by reinforcing and extending borders, and acting as a lifeline for those trying to cross them.