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Photo by Mirrorpix via Getty Images A Chimp’s Pretend Tea Party Is Raising Questions About Imagination
An imaginary tea party could change how we define intelligence.
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Photo: Marco_Piunti / Getty Images Scientists Found the Brain Waves That Shape Your Sense of Self
Slower waves blur the line between what’s you and what isn’t.
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What is it? Photo: J J Osuna Caballero / Getty Images Is This 2,000-Year-Old Artifact Actually a Battery?
The battery may have been designed to visibly corrode written prayers.
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Not the robot in question. This one is actually less creepy. Photo: Zhan Min/VCG via Getty Images This Creepy Robot Learned to Talk Like a Human by Watching YouTube
Researchers say EMO is a step toward robots meant for caregiving, education, or companionship.
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Photo: thethomsn / Getty Images Plants Can Talk to Each Other When They Touch, and It Makes Them Stronger
Loner plants don’t fare as well, which is probably a good takeaway for us humans.
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Photo: Cobalt88 / Getty Images Mars Wasn’t Always a Red Planet, It Used to Be Blue
The red planet had a massive ocean about 3 billion years ago, effectively making it blue, a lot like Earth is today.
