Thomas Ramey Watson

Dogs Read Human Expressions As Well As Human Infants

The study, published in the journal Current Biology, suggests that dogs are able to read our “communicative intent” — that is, our intention to interact with them — via our faces, an ability that very young humans possess. “Increasing evidence supports the notion that humans and dogs share some social skills, with dogs’ social-cognitive functioning

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Evolution of Angels

‘Tis the season for winged humanoids to alight everywhere from store windows to Christmas tree tops to lingerie runways. Angels, at least the Christian variety, haven’t always been flying people in diaphanous gowns. And their various forms—from disembodied minds to feathered guardians— reflect twists and turns of thousands of years of religious thought, according to

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