Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Contrary to their name, bumblebees are no bumbling oafs. A new study published in Science on Thursday found that these bees ...

Contrary to their name, bumblebees are no bumbling oafs. A new study published in Science on Thursday found that these bees utilized tools to solve complex problems to win a sugary treat, even if they ...

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 ...

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 ...

German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler set up a famous experiment more than 100 years ago that changed how scientists understand animal intelligence and the power of insight — or spontaneous ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. NASA Control Room During the Return of Apollo 13 (Photo by F. Carter Smith/Sygma via Getty ...

At the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Robert Moser leads roughly 700 researchers, engineers and computer scientists working on some of the country’s most ...

In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable is that the bees had never been trained. The findings challenge the ...

The result is correct but challenges core norms of mathematics: checking proofs, crediting ideas and keeping research open to everyone.

For years, physicists were stuck in trying to explain an important mathematical problem in physics. The right approach ended ...

Water scarcity just became Wall Street’s problem. SpaceX’s recent IPO filing explicitly warns investors that water access now ranks alongside power and processors as a critical constraint on AI data ...

Michael Polanyi, a philosopher, famously distilled tacit knowledge thus: “We can know more than we can tell.” How can AI ...