Paul Huttner, MPR’s chief meteorologist since 2007, has sunny plans after his April 30 retirement, including traveling to warmer destinations, playing the blues and spending more time on the golf ...

It might not seem like a smart idea to use ceiling fans when your room is cold, but energy experts actually recommend using a ...

A new study from Updraft reports the average Brit spends £236 a month on purchases driven purely by emotion. That adds up to £2,832 a year. The research names this behaviour “dopamine tapping” which ...

People who interact with chatbots for emotional support or other personal reasons are likelier to report symptoms of depression or anxiety, a new study finds. The researchers from Mass General Brigham ...

She needed a moo-sage. Utilizing implements isn’t limited to primates and brainiac birds. A brown cow named Veronika was documented using tools with impressive skill for the first time ever, ...

Abstract: Using thermal updrafts can significantly improve the endurance of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This paper proposes a model-based approach for enhancing thermal exploitation, where ...

A deck brush can be a good tool for the right task. Just ask Veronika, the Brown Swiss cow. Veronika uses both ends of a deck brush to scratch various parts of her body, researchers report January 19 ...

Far Side fans might recall a classic 1982 cartoon called “Cow Tools,” featuring a cow standing next to a jumble of strange objects—the joke being that cows don’t use tools. That’s why a pet Swiss ...

How does a cow scratch an itch on its back? An Austrian cow named Veronika has a solution that could change how we view livestock. For the past decade, Veronika has been observed by her owner ...

In news that is sure to delight fans of a certain Gary Larson cartoon turned meme about the limitations of bovine cognition, cow tools are real. Larson’s 1982 comic for his series The Far Side showed ...

The percentage of teachers who are using artificial intelligence-driven tools in their classrooms nearly doubled between 2023 and 2025, according to data from the EdWeek Research Center. In 2023, a ...