TOKYO - Using genetic engineering, scientists at Tokyo University say they have created mice that display no fear of cats.
The specimenes were not on hand, as the researchers were not successful in their attempts to breed cats that don’t love eating fearless mice.
A young chimpanzee has resoundingly outperformed college students in memory tests in an experiment at Kyoto university.
Critics of the study suggested that the researchers didn’t compensate for the years of superior schooling enjoyed by the chimpanzee.
Researchers are excited for the next phase of the experiment, in which they use college students who aren't high.
It remains unclear whether or not chimpanzees are intelligent enough to be really pissed off that we’re still the Earth’s dominant species, and still messing it up huge.
Showing posts with label psychology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label psychology. Show all posts
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Hippos, manatees, and some non-cute things
AYIA NAPA, Cyprus - Paleontologists have unearthed an estimated 80 dwarf hippos in Cyprus.
The miniature hippos were land-based, and occupied the island about 10000 years ago, during what scientists have termed the Cute Period.
KEY LARGO, Fla. - Manatees will remain on Florida's endangered species list for now. The commission had been considering whether to reclassify the manatee as a "threatened" species instead of "endangered."
They also retain their “animals that are on calendars all the time” designation, though they have slipped in ranking of “animals that girls draw on their binders.”
Researchers at Stanford University, who studied sedentary people for a year, found that automated exercise reminder phone calls had about the same get-up-and-go power as calls from human counsellors.
The researchers next project? To discover whether computer-generated messages of judgement and criticism can create self-hatred as consistently as those of actual teenage girls.
The miniature hippos were land-based, and occupied the island about 10000 years ago, during what scientists have termed the Cute Period.
KEY LARGO, Fla. - Manatees will remain on Florida's endangered species list for now. The commission had been considering whether to reclassify the manatee as a "threatened" species instead of "endangered."
They also retain their “animals that are on calendars all the time” designation, though they have slipped in ranking of “animals that girls draw on their binders.”
Researchers at Stanford University, who studied sedentary people for a year, found that automated exercise reminder phone calls had about the same get-up-and-go power as calls from human counsellors.
The researchers next project? To discover whether computer-generated messages of judgement and criticism can create self-hatred as consistently as those of actual teenage girls.
sad lonely souls, and hot sweaty dinosars
PARIS - Finnish students came out on top of a worldwide education study on science performance. Canadian students were third, U.S. students 29th.
Americans wanted to criticize the study, but they couldn't quite comprehend the structure of the experiment.
WASHINGTON - A new ecological report states that divorce can be bad for the environment, because A married household actually uses resources more efficiently than a divorced household.
So hey, lonely people: don’t just feel sad and inadequate. Feel guilty.
To the polygamists: I know you’re feeling smug right about now, but having three wives is only more efficient if you don’t have a dozen kids.
The fossilized duckbilled hadrosaur is so well preserved that scientists have been able to calculate its muscle mass and learn that it was more muscular than thought, probably giving it the ability to outrun predators such as T. rex.
Wow. You know, I never really noticed how ripped that dinosaur mummy was. That, that is HOT.
Americans wanted to criticize the study, but they couldn't quite comprehend the structure of the experiment.
WASHINGTON - A new ecological report states that divorce can be bad for the environment, because A married household actually uses resources more efficiently than a divorced household.
So hey, lonely people: don’t just feel sad and inadequate. Feel guilty.
To the polygamists: I know you’re feeling smug right about now, but having three wives is only more efficient if you don’t have a dozen kids.
The fossilized duckbilled hadrosaur is so well preserved that scientists have been able to calculate its muscle mass and learn that it was more muscular than thought, probably giving it the ability to outrun predators such as T. rex.
Wow. You know, I never really noticed how ripped that dinosaur mummy was. That, that is HOT.
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