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In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable ...

Scientists observe bumblebees rolling a ball underneath a flower to get sugar, showing complex problem-solving abilities.

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With no training, bumblebees can work out how to use a ball like a ladder to feed on sugar from an out-of-reach flower.

A century ago, a psychologist named Wolfgang Köhler proved that chimpanzees could solve complex ...

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Artificial intelligence is mastering the kinds of projects that have long helped to build the careers of young mathematicians ...

New research suggests the fuzzy insects may be capable of spontaneously solving problems the way animals with much larger ...

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Company says work on Paul Erdős planar unit distance problem shows advance in AI reasoning OpenAI has claimed a further advance in AI reasoning after its technology successfully tackled an 80-year-old ...