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- Herding robots: New system combines control programs so fleets of robots can collaborate
- Great tit can remember other birds' food hideaways for up to 24 hours
- Bees fight to a stalemate in the battle of the sexes
- Tech products can turn 'uncool' when they become too popular
- I smoke, but I’m not a smoker: Why some 'non-identifying smokers' face risks while denying behavior
- Wasps use ancient aggression genes to create social groups
| Herding robots: New system combines control programs so fleets of robots can collaborate Posted: 12 Feb 2014 08:27 AM PST A new system combines simple control programs to enable fleets of robots -- or other "multiagent systems" -- to collaborate in unprecedented ways.  |
| Great tit can remember other birds' food hideaways for up to 24 hours Posted: 12 Feb 2014 06:33 AM PST Birds that hoard food for a rainy day better be sure that there are no great tits around to spy on where they hide their reserve of seeds and nuts. Biologists found that great tits can remember the position of such hideaways up to 24 hours after seeing it cached. Interestingly, even though great tits share this mental ability with well-known hoarders such as crows and jays, they do not store up food themselves.  |
| Bees fight to a stalemate in the battle of the sexes Posted: 12 Feb 2014 04:49 AM PST Just like humans, whether or not some genes are switched on in bumblebees is a result of a battle of the sexes between genes inherited from their mother and genes inherited from their father.  |
| Tech products can turn 'uncool' when they become too popular Posted: 11 Feb 2014 11:11 AM PST In the tech world, coolness takes more than just good looks. Technology users must consider a product attractive, original and edgy before they label those products as cool, according to researchers.  |
| I smoke, but I’m not a smoker: Why some 'non-identifying smokers' face risks while denying behavior Posted: 11 Feb 2014 10:30 AM PST While smoking among California adults has dramatically declined in recent decades, researchers report there is a surprisingly large number of people who say they use cigarettes, but don't consider themselves to be "smokers."  |
| Wasps use ancient aggression genes to create social groups Posted: 10 Feb 2014 07:21 AM PST Aggression-causing genes appeared early in animal evolution and have maintained their roles for millions of years and across many species, even though animal aggression today varies widely from territorial fighting to setting up social hierarchies, according to researchers.  |
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