In the new experiment, roosters made fewer alarm calls, meant to warn peers of predators, when placed in front a mirror versus when standing near another rooster. Stefano Spaziani / picture alliance ...
The mirror test has fascinated scientists for decades due to its simplicity and revealing nature. First introduced in 1970 by ...
Physicists have finally turned a long standing thought experiment into a laboratory reality, showing that electromagnetic ...
Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...
Daniel Povinelli was in high school when he first read about a clever experiment, published in 1970, that showed chimpanzees—but not monkeys--can recognize themselves in mirrors. "I bought into the ...
Physicists have finally confirmed a phenomenon that sounds like pure science fiction: waves that appear to bounce off a ...