The same sounds are mapped similarly in the human and mouse brain, study finds

While exploring the world around them, both humans and other animals continuously interpret information they pick up with ...

Humanoid robots controlled by surgeons did world-first operation on live pigs

Humanoid robots have surgically removed the gallbladders from living animals in an unprecedented medical experiment—but not ...

The lucrative bird-singing contests that are pushing species to the brink

Millions of songbirds in Southeast Asia are trapped and smuggled each year for keeping as pets or entering in competitions.
Beirut Time

Songbirds are in crisis as trappers and smugglers force them into lucrative bird-singing competitions

On a Sunday afternoon in April, the main minibus terminal in Sukabumi, Indonesia, looked sleepy from the outside. But in an open space round the back, hundreds of men were gathered. Amid chatter and ...
The New York Times

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