Hear a ribbit? There’s an app for that.
Launched on Nov. 10, FrogID is an iOS and Android app that can identify local frog species by the sound they make.
Chirps, ribbits, peeps, whistles, and croaks heard in backyards, creeks and wetlands can …
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Sheep trained to recognize Jake Gyllenhaal, for science
Sheep can be trained to recognize celebrities like Barack Obama and Jake Gyllenhaal, new research shows.
A University of Cambridge study found that sheep can learn to recognize human faces. The results were published Wednesday in the Royal Society’s Open Science journal as part of research looking into cognitive ability and neurodegenerative disorders, like Huntington’s disease, which can impair people’s ability to recognize facial emotion.
Researchers consider facial recognition as one of the most important human social skills. Sheep are known for their sociability, but this showed — with some training — the sheep could not only recognize fellow sheep and humans they knew, but process images of faces. Read more…
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Breakthrough research at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne has shown that virtual reality can help reduce phantom pain in people with partial paralysis. Read more…More about Innovation, Switzerland, Medicine, Research, and Brain
View More VR can reduce phantom pain for people with paralysisProminent scientist sues critic of his work for $10 million
In a rare move that is likely to spark an intense debate in the climate science community, Mark Z. Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University, has filed suit in D.C. Superior Court against the author and publi…
View More Prominent scientist sues critic of his work for $10 millionHow your brain responds to certain words might predict your suicide risk
When a person becomes suicidal, they don’t necessarily rush to tell friends, family, or even their doctor. They might feel ashamed of their thoughts and emotions, and wish instead for them to simply disappear.
The stigma surrounding suicide is …