So, you think you’re smart? Try to understand important words said in an entirely unknown language, used by a totally ...

But over the past two decades or so, scientists have identified a handful of outliers, canine prodigies that know the names ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Dogs are great at learning action commands like "sit" and "stay." They're less good at remembering the names of things, like what their squeaky or stuffed toys are called. Only an ...

Imagine Max, a well-trained border collie, manages to ignore a squirrel in the park when his owner tells him to sit. His owner says, “Max, stop chasing that squirrel and sit down,” and Max obeys. Can ...

Some dogs are seemingly more talented than others. So-called gifted word learners (GWL) are rare canines that can rapidly learn the names of toys, a skill that most dogs don't possess. To understand ...

AI chat toy company Bondu left its web console almost entirely unprotected. Researchers who accessed it found nearly all the conversations children had with the company’s stuffed animals.

Researchers have identified that some dogs are "gifted word learners” — pups who know the names of more than 100 toys. In fact, these dogs can learn new words just by eavesdropping. And even if your ...

As an ’80s kid, I grew up with Cricket and Teddy Ruxpin. You’d stick a cassette tape in their back, press play, and boom: an ...

Some “gifted” dogs can learn more words than typical canines—new research on border collies may have the answer as to why.

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Kids do listen to their parents from time to time, especially when they aren't supposed to. Here's what research says about ...

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