Bumblebees faced with a challenge know how to play ball. Buff-tailed bumblebees can figure out on their own how to use a ball as a ladder to nab sugar from an out-of-reach fake flower, researchers ...

Despite having tiny brains, bumblebees have demonstrated a remarkable ability to socially learn how to use tools, solve simple puzzles, and cooperate to achieve a goal. It seems they can also solve ...

A Palestinian boy sits at the site of an overnight Israeli military strike on structures and tents housing displaced families, killing ten Palestinians, in Gaza City, Thursday. Credit: AFP/OMAR ...

“If you are a mathematician,” one of the world’s leading mathematicians recently wrote, “you may want to make sure you are sitting down before reading further.” And you’ll definitely need to sit down ...

Place any number of dots on a two-dimensional plane—say, a piece of paper—and measure the distance between each pair. If you rearrange the dots, how many pairs could be positioned exactly the same ...

For new discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines, follow NPR's ShortWave podcast . Over a century ago, the German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler conducted what became a ...

Although landlocked, Los Llanos, Guatemala has become like an island. Located just 19 miles south of the country’s capital, the village has become virtually inaccessible thanks to deteriorating roads ...

A famed physicist’s scribbles reveal the answer to a quintessential dilemma: When dining out, is it better to stick with an old favorite, or try something new? Nobel Prize–winning physicist Richard ...

… As Osun, UNICEF Deploy AI And Digital Learning To Avert Looming Skills Crisis Lagos – Nigeria’s deepening education emergency came into sharp focus on Tuesday as the United Nations Children’s Fund ...

In the Resident Evil 4 remake's Lake area, there is an optional puzzle called the Stone Pedestal. It requires players to insert three pieces of hexagon-shaped key pieces to solve it. The hexagon ...