Insects join list of species capable of solving simple ‘box-and-banana’ problem that demonstrates basic intelligence ...

Bumble bees astonished researchers by inventing a new way to reach a hidden reward, despite never being taught the trick. The ...

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Abstract: The Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) is a combinatorial optimization problem that is useful in a number of applications. Since there is no known polynomial-time algorithm for solving large ...

When Elizabeth from Nashville called The Ramsey Show with $189,000 worth of debt and a 2-month-old at home, co-host Jade ...

Bumblebees are the brainboxes of the insect world, suggests new research.

A bumble bee standing on a ball beneath the artificial flower containing a reward, illustrating the experimental solution. Credit: Mikko Törmänen / University of Oulu Bumble bees demonstrated an ...

Abstract: Metaheuristic algorithms have demonstrated strong effectiveness in solving complex real-world optimization problems. This paper presents two discrete metaheuristic approaches for the ...

In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable is that the bees had never been trained. The findings challenge the ...

Movie S4. Task solution in Experiment 3. This movie shows a bee solving the task in Experiment 3. The beginning of the video (habituation phase, without the ball present) is shown at accelerated speed ...