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Science
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Science
Curiosity Ready to Drill, Dream Science and More
A sampling of some of the day’s science headlines.Dogs As Intelligent As Average Two-Year-Old Children
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from the buddy-the-dog-is-hiding-his-smarts dept.
from the buddy-the-dog-is-hiding-his-smarts dept.
Ponca City, We love you writes "The
Telegraph reports that researchers using tests originally designed to
demonstrate the development of language, pre-language and basic
arithmetic in human children have found that dogs are capable of
understanding up to 250 words and gestures, can count up to five and can
perform simple mathematical calculations putting them on par with the average two-year-old child.
While most dogs understand simple commands such as sit, fetch and stay,
a border collie tested by Professor Coren showed a knowledge of 200
spoken words. 'Obviously we are not going to be able to sit down and
have a conversation with a dog, but like a two-year-old, they show that
they can understand words and gestures,' says Professor Stanley Coren, a
leading expert on canine intelligence at the University of British
Columbia in Vancouver. Dogs can tell that one plus one should equal two
and not one or three,' says Coren, adding that dogs 'can also
deliberately deceive, which is something that young children only start
developing later in their life.' Coren believes centuries of selective
breeding and living alongside humans has helped to hone the intelligence
of dogs. 'They may not be Einsteins, but are sure closer to humans than we thought.'"
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Health
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Booming
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Opinion
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Health
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World
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North Korea Propaganda Video Uses "Call of Duty" and "We Are the World" to Imagine a Brighter World, Without Manhattan
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Opinion
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World
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