Fresh doubt has been cast over the famous scientific proverb that if given an infinite amount of time, monkeys could type the complete works of Shakespeare. Utilised for decades as the exemplar in ...

An old adage says that a monkey randomly clicking away at the keyboard would eventually type the complete works of William Shakespeare after being at it long enough. However, a new study by two ...

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Beating the bard at his own game? It was all over the media. "Virtual Monkeys Write Shakespeare" proclaimed the BBC website. "Monkeys type out the entire works of Shakespeare by hitting random keys ...

Technology capable of reading brain signals has allowed a group of monkeys to control a cursor on a screen and type at a rate of up to 12 words per minute. The monkeys saw green and yellow targets on ...

Monkeys with brain implants are able to type out sections of the Shakespeare play "Hamlet," new research shows. What's more, the macaques are able to type at a relatively fast 12 words per minute, ...