Drink and be merry

Article Abstract:

Researchers in Canada found that phonological jokes are processed in the speech sound part of the brain, while semantic jokes are processed in the part of the brain that processes language. Disagreement about the terminology used to describe wine is reminiscent of the differences between puns and other jokes.

Canada, Analysis, Terminology, Brain research, Wine, Wit and humor, Humor, Humour

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Whale weight watching

Article Abstract:

Animal experts at IJNR are trying to develop a durable ultrasonic instrument that can easily be infused in the back of whales to measure their fat thickness. The instrument was envisioned after IJNR researchers theorize a correlation between reproductive capability and fat thickness.

Usage, Physiological aspects, Ultrasonics, Whales, Reproduction (Biology), Reproduction

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The painted bird

Article Abstract:

Ecologists from SFWMD employed the use of plastic lawn flamingos in an effort to analyze the significance of visual cues to feeding birds. The group decided to conduct the experiment in West Palm Beach, where they could effectively focus on water depth and prey density.

Food and nutrition, Natural history, Birds, Flamingos, West Palm Beach, Florida, South Florida Water Management District

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