While various vertebrates have been taught to learn humans’ concept of “zero,” might too honey bees, even though their brains have thousands of times fewer neurons?
In episode 31 Adrian Dyer from RMIT and Monash University in Australia talks with us about his work first teaching bees to count and then extrapolate what they’ve learned to infer zero. His article “Numerical ordering of zero in honey bees” was published with Scarlett Howard and multiple co-authors in the June 2018 issue in Science.
Study suggests that many scientists find statistical concepts inherently difficult to grasp and have a natural tendency to seek patterns, even if they don't exist.
Replication project investigates effect of moral reminders on cheating behavior
Large replication a well-known study which found that people are less likely to cheat on a task after making a list of the Ten Commandments finds no evidence that such moral reminders reduce cheating behavior.
Worldwide trends in insufficient physical activity from 2001 to 2016
Study finds that due to lack of exercise, more than a billion adults around the world are at risk of heart and artery disease, Type 2 diabetes, dementia, and some cancers.
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