Researchers found evidence the animals did not merely recognize patterns of sound that come out of owners’ mouths, they actually realized that certain words refer to specific objects.
Researchers found evidence the animals did not merely recognize patterns of sound that come out of owners’ mouths, they actually realized that certain words refer to specific objects.
Our dogs understand us better than they've been given credit for — and scientists say they have the brain wave evidence to prove it. By placing electrodes on the heads of 18 pet dogs, researchers found striking evidence that the animals did not merely recognize the patterns of sound that come out of their owners' mouths, they actually realized that certain words refer to specific objects. The findings were reported Friday in the journal Current Biology. “For decades there has been a debate about...
What is the extent of car dependency around the world? Why should the best places to live be car-free? What are the best public transportation cities? A new study by Rafael Prieto-Curiel, from the Complexity Science Hub, and Juan Pablo Ospina, from EAFIT University, may provide some insights into these questions.
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Lord Cameron and Grant Shapps have decried the election win, saying: “This is not what free and fair elections look like.”
U.S. marriages have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels with nearly 2.1 million in 2022.
In 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were 1.7 million U.S. weddings — the
U.S. marriages have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels with nearly 2.1 million in 2022. That's a 4% increase from the year before. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released new data. The COVID-19 pandemic threw many people's wedding plans into disarray. In 2020, there were 1.7 million weddings in the U.S. New York, the District of Columbia and Hawaii saw the largest increases in marriages from 2021 to 2022. The CDC says the number and rate of U.S. divorces in 2022 fell slightly,...
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing back against premiers who are asking him to cancel an upcoming increase to the federal carbon price, saying they have not proposed better ideas to fight climate change. In a reply to the seven provincial leaders on Tuesday, Trudeau said the last time they discussed the issue in 2022, their governments either didn't propose alternative solutions or couldn't meet federal standards for reducing emissions. “We have made it clear that we are...
Whether dogs truly understand the words we say is a question that has long perplexed owners