Elephants can spontaneously learn to use gestures to request food and objects from humans, suggesting a level of flexibility in their communication previously unrecognized, according to recent research 🐘 https://buff.ly/dpXf35Q #WorldElephantDay
A century ago, scientists thought the universe was static.
Today we know it’s expanding. Not from a center, but from everywhere at once, as space itself stretches like dots on a balloon’s surface.
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The left and right sides of your brain hear language differently, with implications for understanding neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and schizophrenia.
The meaning and application of due process has become a crucial issue, most often with respect to the Trump administration’s migrant deportation efforts.
A legal scholar traces the origins of due process from medieval England to modern America:
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#History is full of rising and falling world powers. Could the U.S. be next? Greek historian Herodotus saw the Persian monarchy’s downfall in 479 B.C.E. as rooted in its rulers’ belief in their own absolute authority.
The beach wasn't always a vacation spot.
It only became popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries as part of wealthy Western lifestyles. Ancient Greeks feared the sea, according to a historian of culture and an expert in Greek mythology.
