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  • Bees Recognize Human Faces

    12/04/2005 6:20:55 AM PST · by billorites · 8 replies · 387+ views
    ScienceNow ^ | December 2, 2005 | Katherine Unger
    Think all bees look alike? Well we don't all look alike to them, according to a new study that shows honeybees, who have 0.01% of the neurons that humans do, can recognize and remember individual human faces. For humans, identifying faces is critical to functioning in everyday life. When we look at another person's face, a special brain region, the fusiform gyrus, lights up (ScienceNOW 14 February, 2004). But can animals without such a specialized region also tell one face from another? Knowing honeybees' unusual propensity for distinguishing between different flowers, visual scientist Adrian Dyer of Cambridge University in Cambridge, England, wondered whether...
  • CBS's "Mayberry" Is a Sweet Reunion of Old Friends

    11/11/2003 6:29:25 AM PST · by Theodore R. · 137 replies · 401+ views
    Louisville, KY, Courier-Journal ^ | 11-11-03 | Dorsey, Tom
    <p>There were lots of wistful moments when CBS celebrated its 75th anniversary recently, but none more nostalgic than when Andy Griffith came on stage.</p> <p>"The Andy Griffith Show" has been showing in continuous reruns since it first appeared 43 years ago.</p>