She is part of a team of researchers that recently discovered that the primates tend to tinkle when they see nearby chimps do the same. In a study published Monday in the journal Current Biology ...
Onishi, et al decided to study the phenomenon after noticing that many chimps in the sanctuary seemed to synchronize when they peed, and they wondered whether the phenomenon might be similar to ...
A team of researchers spent more than 600 hours studying 20 captive chimpanzees to determine that chimps may experience socially contagious urination − a phenomenon in which urination becomes ...
She knew about well-studied “contagious” behaviors, such as yawning in humans, and wondered whether the chimps might be displaying “contagious urination.” In a new paper, published on ...
Humans are known to invent private hand gestures. Chimps in the wild do, too, a new study suggests. By Brandon Keim Parents and their children, or people who know each other well, often share some ...
A new paper published in Current Biology suggests a novel twist on an old saying: Instead of "monkey see, monkey do," the paper proposes "chimp see, chimp pee." Well, not in so many words. But the ...
Credit: Voyager Space Join our newsletter to get the latest military space news every Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. WASHINGTON — Voyager Space, a Denver-based space ...
The secret behind how the International Space Station remains in orbit can be traced all the way back to the genius of Sir Isaac Newton. The International Space Station (ISS) orbits high above our ...
Credit: NOAA As the Trump 2.0 administration begins to take shape, one of the questions orbiting in the beltway space community is whether President-elect Trump will retain the National Space ...