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“It seems like there’s a dog paper every day,” says Alan McElligott, a zoologist at the City University of Hong Kong who has studied the minds of goats and other farm animals. “It’s almost impossible to keep up with it.” What’s worse, others say, most money for livestock research still goes to studies aimed at improving milk or meat yields, not to... See more

If evolution chanced upon a way to bind people together into large groups, the most obvious glue is oxytocin, a hormone and neurotransmitter produced by the hypothalamus. Oxytocin is widely used among vertebrates to prepare females for motherhood. In mammals it causes uterine contractions and milk letdown, as well as a powerful motivation to touch

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Nombre de théoriciens de l’évolution ont longtemps soutenu que les gènes favorisant un comportement égocentrique avaient une plus grande probabilité d’être transmis aux générations suivantes. Les individus porteurs de ces gènes faisant passer systématiquement leurs intérêts avant ceux des autres, ils auraient davantage de chances de survivre et de

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So Dunbar proposed a novel idea: the size of a species’ brain determines the optimal size of their social groups. Maintaining relationships, argued Dunbar, requires brain power. More relationships require more neurons. Extrapolating his straight line from primate brains to human brains, he found that the optimal human group size, if this hypothesis

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MRI studies have uncovered something truly heartwarming about dogs and their bond with their owners. It’s not just about treats, toys, or even the company of other dogs, dogs’ love for their humans runs much deeper. Researchers found that when a dog catches the scent of its owner, a... See more

I've been thinking about what it takes to unlock genius. This blog post, reminds me that historically it was: - Personalized mentorship from experts - Early exposure to big, complex ideas This was once a privilege for the few. Now, AI allows us to deliver this at... See more