Previous research with baboons, our close evolutionary cousins, found they could not consistently recognize regular quadrilaterals. That led some scientists to believe geometric insight might be ...

To demonstrate which shape they determined to be the 'intruder', the crows pecked on its on-screen position. "Up to this stage of the experiment, the crows had never been tasked with detecting a ...

This consistent geometry emerged as a consequence of the cells’ interactions with each other and their environment. “It all comes down to just the shape of the pile of cells at the edge,” he said.

Madita Hahn and Andreas Nieder conducted several experiments that involved testing crows on their ability to recognize geometric shapes. Recognizing regularity in geometric shapes means being able ...

Previous research has demonstrated that regardless of age, culture, or education, humans are really good at noticing ...

The May issue of Scientific American takes you on a deep-sea mining mission, explores dark comets and examines an invisible ...

Have you ever wondered who is behind geometry's most fundamental truths? You guessed it: it is Euclid of Greece.

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Students with ethnic names have been forced to change their names to assimilate into American culture by anglicizing them, or making them more English-sounding. Many students feel the need to alter ...

Physics Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States ...