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Topic: cognition

A bumble bee (file photograph)
New Science
Friday, 7/3, 03:22 AM

Bumble bees pass a classic animal-intelligence test, surprising scientists

  • A bumble bee, faced with a reward it could not reach, worked out that it could roll a small ball into place and climb on top to get there — a flash of problem-solving that scientists had long associated with far larger brains.
  • The finding, from a study in the journal Science, adds to mounting evidence that insect minds are more capable than their size suggests.

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