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Lessons from Star Wars
Date: Nov 29, 2010
Author: Steve RossWhen I was younger, I used to love the Star Wars movies (ok, I admit it...I still do). The exciting characters, visual effects, and the wide diversity of planets and alien lifeforms that inhabited them. The storyline was also so intriquing: an idealistic rebellion struggling to overthrow an oppressive empire in the midst of a galatic war.
Though I was barely in...
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Exploring the Mind of the Chimpanzee
Date: Sep 2, 2010
Author: Steve RossIf you have spent any length of time around a chimpanzee, you become keenly aware of the high level of intelligence that these individuals possess. So it’s not surprising that the study of chimpanzee intelligence, or cognition, is a hot field of science right now. A new book entitled The Mind of the Chimpanzee: Experimental and Ecological Perspectives (edited by Elizabeth Lonsdorf, Steve Ross and Tetsuro Matsuzawa) brings together the...