Bumblebees faced with a challenge know how to play ball. Buff-tailed bumblebees can figure out on their own how to use a ball as a ladder to nab sugar from an out-of-reach fake flower, researchers ...

Despite having tiny brains, bumblebees have demonstrated a remarkable ability to socially learn how to use tools, solve simple puzzles, and cooperate to achieve a goal. It seems they can also solve ...

In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable is that the bees had never been trained. The findings challenge the ...

German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler set up a famous experiment more than 100 years ago that changed how scientists understand animal intelligence and the power of insight — or spontaneous ...

As it begins to explain its mythology, the Absolute Green Lantern series has exposed a key problem of DC’s Absolute Universe. The new series has drawn its mysteries out for too long, killing much of ...

I cut my teeth getting grounded in principles of design thinking when I launched a strategic design MBA during my university teaching years. Design thinking is essentially a problem-solving process ...

Be careful what you wish for. This idea, often explored in fiction, lies at the center of “Obsession,” Focus Features‘ new horror film from writer/director/editor Curry Barker. The movie follows Bear ...

On Tuesday morning, county supervisors, city leaders, nonprofit leaders and public safety officials from across San Mateo County will gather at Fire Station 9 in Redwood City to deliver a single ...

Almost everyone carries microscopic mites on their skin. They live inside pores and hair follicles, feeding on skin oils and dead cells. When people first hear this, the reaction is often disgust or ...

The big thinkers at Aperture analyze the philosophical problem known as the trolley problem. Donald and Melania Trump's 'flagrant' behavior in Jimmy Kimmel debacle is alarming legal experts Full ...

Some readers may solve the problem procedurally: line up the two numbers, add the ones column, carry the one, and add the tens to get 43. Others might instead notice a creative shortcut: 29 + 14 is ...