Fable Truth? Crows and Rooks Show Stone Dropping Skill
A study reports rooks and crows use the stone dropping trick to reach a floating worm in a water tube. Researchers from Cambridge tested whether birds estimate stone quantity and prefer larger rocks, suggesting a link to Aesop's crow tale.
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Washington statisticians push bounds of numbers and public good
At the Joint Statistical Meetings in Washington, 6000 data experts discuss literacy and risk. They form Statistics Without Borders with Engineers Without Borders to build health focused databases and push public understanding of statistics.
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John Hughes dies at 59 director behind teen classics
Writer director John Hughes known for The Breakfast Club Sixteen Candles Ferris Bueller died after a heart attack during a morning walk in Manhattan He was 59 A native of Lansing Michigan Hughes rose from ad writer to famed youth film maker with Home Alone and Planes Trains & Automobiles He last directed Curly Sue in 1991 and retired from public life.
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Budd Schulberg, famed Waterfront screenwriter, dies at 95
Budd Schulberg, author of What Makes Sammy Run and Oscar winner for On the Waterfront, died of natural causes at 95 in Westhampton Beach, N.Y. He helped shape mid century Hollywood and faced HUAC scrutiny after naming names in 1951.
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