Quirky backyard sprinklers helped scientists solve a decades-old mystery about how flowing water makes objects spin.

Former Statistician-General Dr Pali Lehohla exposes the deliberate failures in South Africa's economic policies, arguing that ...

"If ever there was an issue that I believe can capture the widest net in Congress, but also in this country, it’s about kids, ...

"If ever there was an issue that I believe can capture the widest net in Congress, but also in this country, it’s about kids, ...

The answer is in plain sight. “Affordability” is a common word in the national conversation these days. Most often, it is used in connection with housing. Not enough homes are being built, not enough ...

Don't underestimate the power of a yes-or-no question. Some of the toughest computing problems boil down to thousands of tiny ...

Netflix helped train viewers to stop watching television on a schedule. Now it may be borrowing from the old TV playbook.

Nvidia’s latest announcement goes a step further, proposing to greatly reduce the immense amounts of water (300,000 gallons per day for a mid-size facility) guzzled by data centers to keep their ...

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The bees had to roll the ball under a blue "flower," then stand atop the moved object to access a sweet treat. Mikko Törmänen / University of Oulu Some bumblebees can spontaneously solve problems, a ...

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 ...

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 ...