Babies from bilingual families are better at switching their attention from one task to another, study finds Scientists showed young babies up to nine months various pictures in sequence Those in bilingual families were 33 per cent faster at redirecting their attention Babies found that those from bilingual homes are able to change their focus ‘more quickly … Read more
A recent study of 45 years of observational data about polar bears shows the animals hoard the bodies of kills, burying them in the snow or dirt so they can return to them at a later date. The behavior, called caching, is relatively common in other bear species, especially brown bears, from which polar bears … Read more
They’re the thievers of food, the pinchers of chips, the scourge of the seaside skies. Now scientists have revealed what we’ve always suspected — seagulls do prefer to eat food that has been handled by us hapless humans. When the birds were presented with two identical food items — one of which they had seen a human … Read more
Rare four-foot rainbow snake spotted in Florida for the first time in 50 years The rainbow snake has not been seen in Florida since 1969 Now, two women hiking through Ocala National Forest stumbled upon one Experts say change in water levels of the Rodman Reservoir forced the snake out By Stacy Liberatore For Dailymail.com Published: … Read more
NASA video shows Apollo 13 crew’s view of the moon before having to abort their mission in 1970 because of an explosion aboard the ship Apollo 13 was set to be NASA’s third mission to the moon, but an explosion on board canceled the landing A new video recreates the crew’s view of the moon … Read more
Hobbyist musician uses computer algorithm to compose every melody possible in the key of C, then releases it for free online in the hopes of minimizing frivolous copyright suits of simple songs A new project compiled every possible melody in the key of C The dataset includes 68.7 billion different melodies, hundreds of times more … Read more
Amazon opens its first CASHIERLESS supermarket in Seattle where customers can pick up groceries and simply walk out of the store without checking out or opening their wallets This is a larger scale version of its Amazon Go branded convenience stores Any item a customer touches gets added to their basket as they walk around … Read more
Wild meadow seeds from Prince Charles’ Highgrove residence are among the new plant species being added to the Arctic ‘doomsday vault’ in Svalbard, Norway. The royal gardens’ seeds will be joined by those of onions from Brazil, guar beans from central Asia and hundreds of others stored in the vault’s collection for safe keeping. In … Read more