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What can we learn from failed attempts to change people's behaviour?

Failed interventions to change people's behaviour tend to have common features, such as relying on social pressure or using letters and text messages

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How many birds do cats kill? Help this science project find out

Environment

How many birds do cats kill? Help this science project find out

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fish

Life

Some male fish use their tails to fan rivals’ sperm away from eggs

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The longest whale dive ever recorded clocks in at almost 4 hours

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The longest whale dive ever recorded clocks in at almost 4 hours

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bee and sunflower

Environment

Training bees to prefer certain flower scents boosts seed production

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Titan triggerfish

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Watch titan triggerfish jump out of the water to catch and eat crabs

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tufted ground squirrel

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Borneo’s ‘carnivorous’ squirrel actually mainly eats one kind of seed

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frog

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Male Brazilian frog stays loyal to two females during breeding season

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grey reef sharks

Life

Grey reef sharks hang out with the same friends year after year

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termite nest

Life

Termite intruders evolved cowardice to squat in another species’ nest

Inquiline termites can’t build their own nests and instead sneak into the homes built by another termite species. When the host attacks, the freeloaders run away

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Nature versus nurture

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Sea turtles sometimes get really lost in the ocean on the way home

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Life

Dolphins learn from peers to chase fish into shells and then eat them

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Last Word

Cats are famously grumpy, but do they have facial expressions?

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