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 ...

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 first steel roof truss was installed early Monday at the Athletics’ Las Vegas ballpark, marking a major milestone on the $2 billion project. The massive truss, which weighs about 200 tons, was ...

In October 2024 I attended a workshop at Harvard University where mathematicians talked through the uses of artificial intelligence in their field. Most were less worried about the future of math than ...

CAE is considering a sale of its aviation software business as part of a broader effort to streamline its portfolio and refocus on its core simulation and training operations. The Montreal-based ...

Canadian training and simulation giant CAE confirmed May 11 it is interested in selling or divesting its aviation software business Flightscape. CAE has been reviewing its portfolio of businesses and ...

For several quarters, CAE’s business has been facing some pressures as airplane deliveries remained delayed, and that also delays demand for pilot training. That is nothing new, really. However, what ...

Canadian pilot-training firm CAE has expanded its presence in India, opening a new facility in Mumbai that has capacity to house six full-flight simulators. CAE revealed the 4,048sq m (44,000sq ft) ...

Canadian flight simulation company CAE Inc. (CAE) is reducing its global workforce by about 2% as part of a broader restructuring effort led by its recently appointed chief executive. Matthew Bromberg ...

Some readers may solve the problem procedurally: line up the two numbers, add the ones column, carry the one, and add the tens to get 43. Others might instead notice a creative shortcut: 29 + 14 is ...

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...