Crows have long been known for their clever tricks, but new research shows they may be even smarter than we thought. Scientists have discovered that crows can recognize geometric patterns—a skill once ...

It’s a fascinating question that intrigues millions of pet owners, animal lovers, veterinarians and scientists all over the world: Just how smart are animals? Scientists once believed a brain with ...

Squares, triangles, circles - these geometric shapes appear everywhere in art and architecture going back all through human history. Geometric regularity seems to be something that the human brain is ...

A group of neuroscientists argue that our words are primarily for communicating, not for reasoning. By Carl Zimmer For thousands of years, philosophers have argued about the purpose of language. Plato ...