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Humans

Make mistakes on purpose – it can dramatically boost your performance

"Deliberate erring" offers a surprising but effective way to enhance your memory and improve how you perform in many unexpected areas of life, says David Robson

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How a rodent’s fear of cats shapes rainforests in Panama

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How a rodent’s fear of cats shapes rainforests in Panama

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pics of mother/infant bonobos supplied by the study authors

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Adjusting to a new sibling is highly stressful for bonobo infants

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Suckling piglets

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Female mammals that suckle another’s young have more offspring

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Sunray guppy

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Guppy fish can see optical illusions - but not in the same way we do

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rat contemplating time

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Rats can track the passage of time and judge their accuracy

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DJ0W3Y The orangutans are the two exclusively Asian species of extant great apes. Native to Indonesia and Malaysia.

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Orangutans can learn how to use stone tools as hammers and knives

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Raspy cricket

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Australian raspy cricket has the strongest bite of 650 insect species

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Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia), British Columbia, Canada

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Fear of predators means sparrows struggle to raise chicks to adulthood

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Three chimps

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Chimpanzees spotted apparently using insects to treat their wounds

Chimps at Loango National Park in Gabon apply small winged insects to their wounds in an apparent form of self-medication, but it is unclear why

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Learning styles in fruit flies may not be related to nature or nurture

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Female baboons that had a tough infancy are less sociable as adults

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Giant pandas more likely to reject cubs after artificial insemination

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Hibernating ground squirrels recycle urine to maintain their muscles

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