In Study of Human Patterns, Scientists Look to Bird Brains
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Bird sleep is so mysterious that scientists are considering several answers, all intriguing.
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Using special tags, scientists have learned where gray-headed albatrosses fly between mating seasons. The finding may aid 19 threatened species.
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New research provides more evidence that chimpanzee brains are human-like in terms of the links between brain asymmetry, language and right- or left-handedness.
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The People's Daily Online reports Chinese scientists have successfully implanted electrodes in pigeons' brains to control the birds' movements. Reminds us of U.S. attempts to create remote-controlled shark spies. In Danger Room.
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By using video of singing birds played back in super slow motion, scientists are teasing apart the mechanics of the beak's role in birdsong&#151;and what that may mean when it comes to selecting a mate.
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A new scientific study claims that genes controlling the size and complexity of the brain have evolved more rapidly in humans than they have in any other species - including apes.
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There could be enough computing ability in just one brain cell to allow humans and animals to feel, a study suggests.
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Researchers coax cells in a petri dish into learning to guide a plane. The project should lead to a better understanding of how the brain works. By Lakshmi Sandhana.
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A recent behavioral study demonstrated that animals understand and react to the concept of fairness. In the study, monkeys were given unequal rewards for completing equal tasks.
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Birder Mathew Tekulsky describes the bathing habits of birds, explaining the dependence of birds on water.
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There are biological brain differences that mark out psychopaths from other people, scientists say.
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Scientists have uncovered clues about how the brain imitates the actions of others.
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The sensation of being mimicked by someone close behind&#151;an effect suffered by some schizophrenics&#151;has been reproduced in the lab, offering new clues to how the brain works.
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A person's optimism in the future seems to be controlled by a small front part of the mid-brain, according to a study that used brain imaging.
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DNA is aiding fossil hunters in the search for human origins by approaching the search for human origins from a different angle.
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Sparrows can piece together a complete song from fragments - research that could help with understanding memory.
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Researchers in Spain set about creating a man-made version of the part of the brain that controls movement.