Orcas were spotted using kelp as a grooming tool on each other, the first known use of tools among cetaceans for something other than hunting prey.

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Using tools can also indicate greater mental flexibility, social learning and transmission (or teaching something to another animal), and a greater level of adaptability.

Marina Lepp, Associate Professor of Informatics at the University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science, together with co-author Joosep Kaimre, a recently graduated master’s student, examined in a ...

Chalkbeat reports a study reveals AI teacher assistants display racial bias, recommending harsher measures for Black-coded ...

Hone Health reports AI is enhancing healthcare by assisting doctors with diagnostics and patient interactions, improving ...

The advent of AI is bringing potential upheaval to the workforce. Amazon's Kim Majerus explains how new AI tools could ...

Primates, birds, and elephants are all known to make tools, but examples of tool use among marine animals are much more limited. Reporting in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on June 23, a ...

Hundreds of stone tools discovered in Kenya have revealed that human relatives traveled long distances to find raw material.

New research finds early human ancestors during the Stone Age were more picky about the rocks they used for making tools than previously thought.

Eddie Hart studied computer science and cybersecurity at Newcastle University, graduating in 2024. He says he knew getting ...