Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bumblebee stands on a ball to reach an artificial flower, showing advanced problem-solving ability. - Mikko Törmänen German ...

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Last year, in July, Reine Protacio’s experiments suddenly stopped working. Every scientist encounters baffling results from time to time; you chalk it up to error, repeat the experiment, and hope for ...

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