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There should be at least a measure of concern, then, in Putin's camp, at the current state of the Chechnya campaign. Grozny is proving far more resilient than was allowed for by Russian generals who boasted three weeks ago that the Chechen capital would fall within days. Western news...
If there's one thing politicians hate, it's a public inclined to reserve judgment. Presidential hopefuls are no exception: They want voters to make up their minds and defend their candidate to the end. But unfortunately for politicos looking for firebrand support, there's some indication that the American...
Math-phobics of the world take heart - if a monkey can do it, anybody can. Researchers at Kyoto University have taught a female chimp named Ai to count and manipulate numbers. In an article published in a forthcoming edition of Nature, researchers report that Ai was usually able to memorize...
No, this doesn't mean a chimp will be behind the register of your local A&P sometime soon. But it does mean we're approaching a greater understanding of the animal mind. The goal of animal cognition research is usually to shine light on how human intelligence differs from...
Locals concede that this winter's cold has not lived up to that of past campaign seasons in New Hampshire, and there's more bad news for skiers - in the coming weeks, every presidential hopeful will try to raise the temperature a few more degrees. With this in mind, GOP...