There’s something really attractive about getting to know and share resources with your neighbors,” said Martin Reed, the library’s new executive director.

KPRC 2 Investigates reporter Amy Davis uncovers years of alleged theft inside Houston Public Works, where higher‑ranking employees approved hundreds of thousands of dollars in questionable, ...

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The copper and leather device represents the first evidence of mechanical tools from Egypt’s pre-Pharaonic history.

The finding, along with the discovery of a 500,000-year-old hammer made of bone, indicates that our human ancestors were making tools even earlier than archaeologists thought. By Franz Lidz Early ...

Four in 10 healthcare professionals have encountered unauthorized artificial intelligence tools in their organizations, and 17% have used one, a new survey finds. The survey (PDF)—released this week ...

Justice for Far Side cartoonist Gary Larson: A team of scientists has observed, for the first time, a cow using a tool in a flexible manner. The ingenuity of “Veronika,” as the animal is called, shows ...

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A pet cow named Veronika can scratch her own back with a broom — the first scientifically documented case of tool use in cows, researchers say. By Emily Anthes For a cow, Veronika has had what might ...

This post is in response to Unexpected Creative Tool Use By a Wild Wolf to Catch Crabs By Marc Bekoff Ph.D. Veronika using the brush to scratch her back. Source: A. J. Osuna-Mascaró/with permission.

In 1982, cartoonist Gary Larson published a now-iconic "Far Side" comic titled "Cow Tools." In it, a cow stands proudly beside a jumble of bizarre, useless objects that are "tools" in name only. The ...

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 ...