This site hosts my list of interesting and unusual papers that I have collected over the years. Many of the references are kept here so I can easily find them again when I want to tell someone about the really interesting idea they contain; others are here only because they caught my eye...
—There ___ be some interesting experiments in the second live class from the China’s space station.—Of course. Teenagers in our country like to watch them very much.A.needB.mustC.can’t 免费查看参考答案及解析 题目: He doesn’t find ___interesting ___elephants playing soccer.A.this...
Legally, animals had a form of personhood. Medieval law extended some human rights to animals, holding them accountable for their actions. This perspective was strange but consistent with the period’s worldview. The legal system aimed to uphold societal norms and ensure justice, even if it mean...
If he grows his front foot and looks at you in that cute manner, he probably wants you to stop what you are doing and pay some attention to him. Some dogs (and certain breeds especially, like Beagles andGerman Shorthaired Pointers) raise one paw to show hunters where animals or birds ar...
To shed some light on the issue, they did a study involving an imaginary garage sale. In a series of experiments conducted online, the researchers asked participants to look through virtual boxes of unwanted goods for items to include in the sale. Most of the items inside each box weren’t...
Although Gregor Mendel, who originally conducted his experiments with pea plants over 150 years ago, is now famous as the father of modern genetics, his work was quickly forgotten after his death, only to be rediscovered in the 20th century.[1] ...
Head Transplant A head transplant is an experimental surgical operation involving the grafting of one organism's head onto the body of another; in many experiments the recipient's head was not removed but in others it has been. Experimentation in animals began in the early 1900s. As of 2021...
and ultrasonic laughter has been recorded during groundbreaking rat-tickling experiments. In each case, the sound of laughter seems to reduce stress levels and promote bonding among the animals. In light of the evidence, gelotologists generally agree that laughter is a primitive form of reflexive ...
There is also an oft-repeated anecdote involving Antoine Lavoisier’s own later experience on the guillotine in 1794. The story is dubious considering that it does not appear in any of his biographies, but reportedly he told his assistant that he would blink for as long as he was able ...
“These changes confer the idea that fear, for example, is a posture towards sensory sharpening while disgust a posture towards sensory rejection,” says Susskind. His team is already at work on experiments to explore to what extent the brain can use this extra information to enhance performance...