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 ...

Imagine walking into a back-alley card room. The dealer sits behind a thick wooden table, keeping their hands low. They shuffle the deck where you can’t see, and every time you get a decent hand, they ...

The sub-terahertz rotational transitions of polar gas molecules can be used as a frequency base to create chip-scale molecular clocks. The cover shows a photograph of the CMOS transmitter chip that is ...

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 ...

It was the fourth such deal struck by the administration to get companies to forfeit their offshore wind leases. By Maxine Joselow Thousands of acres in Utah and other Western states have burned. Here ...

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 ...

If you encounter the error message Failed to initialize BattlEye Service, Driver load error (1275, 1072, 577, 6 or 1450) when you load a game on your Windows 11/10 PC ...

Since the launch of the Crossword in 1942, The Times has captivated solvers by providing engaging word and logic games. In 2014, we introduced the Mini Crossword — followed by Spelling Bee, Letter ...

Probabilistic models, such as hidden Markov models or Bayesian networks, are commonly used to model biological data. Much of their popularity can be attributed to the existence of efficient and robust ...

Operations management, website builder, mobile payments, AI, and online broker Yarilet Perez is an experienced multimedia journalist and fact-checker with a Master of Science in Journalism. She has ...