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Wolfgang Puck gives direct feedback during a pizza challenge as several dishes fail to impress. One pizza is called undercooked, another lacks sauce, and a flatbread with honey and white truffle oil ...

Bumblebees faced with a challenge know how to play ball. Buff-tailed bumblebees can figure out on their own how to use a ball as a ladder to nab sugar from an out-of-reach fake flower, researchers ...

Despite having tiny brains, bumblebees have demonstrated a remarkable ability to socially learn how to use tools, solve simple puzzles, and cooperate to achieve a goal. It seems they can also solve ...

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 ...

There have been several times this year when my husband and I "double-booked" our schedules. He made plans to go golfing on a weekend when we were supposed to be at a friend's birthday party. Another ...

Schools face numerous pressing challenges, from chronic absenteeism and falling grades to more structural problems like retaining teachers and workforce development. District and state-level leaders ...