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Periodically, I've had chats with neighbors about the heat. Most of the talks have been thoughtful, but some have veered into ...

A University of Wyoming faculty member wants to help college students become better writers of science by giving academics ...

Mars, often depicted as a barren red planet, is far from lifeless. With its thin atmosphere and dusty surface, it is an ...

Overall, the gifted dogs performed just as well when learning from overheard speech, as when they were directly taught.

Anabatic winds refer to any upslope wind (flowing uphill), typically driven by heating from solar radiation during the day.

Toddlers can pick up new words just by overhearing conversations. Now, new research suggests that some intelligent dogs can expand their vocabulary in just the same way.

Some gifted dogs with an expanded vocabulary can learn new words and connect them to objects, a sign they learn as well as ...

K?" Both parents and dog owners know that some words should not be spoken, but only spelled, to prevent small ears from ...

A new study has discovered that dogs can learn names of new objects just by listening to their owners interact with each ...

Great Bear Rainforest, BC. The Great Bear Lodge on the Central Coast of British Columbia is collaborating with ...

In Shany Dror's study, super-smart canines had 90% accuracy in fetching toys whose names they learned directly or overheard; ...