An international research breakthrough with bees offers the possibility that machines might soon be able to see almost as well as humans. French and Australian researchers have shown that honeybees use multiple rules to solve complex visual problems. Dr Adrian Dyer, from RMIT University in Melbourne, said the findings held important implications for our [...]
A New Zealand schoolgirl stood before world leaders and media in Rio last month and called for an end to broken environmental promises. Brittany Trilford, 17, was one of the opening speakers at the Rio+20 Earth Summit in Brazil. She was selected after submitting an impassioned video that impressed a jury including Hollywood heavyweights [...]
Anyone who has experienced general anaesthetic will know the feeling. A perhaps three hour operation feels like 5 minutes and you wake up feeling as though you’ve just gone to sleep. The reason for this has now been discovered and it’s all to do with genes and the discovery, all to do with bees.
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