The study researchers recruited some brave human and canine volunteers for a unique experiment. Source: https://www.livescience.com/ticks-climate-change-humans-dogs.html
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Dogs are being trained to sniff out COVID-19 in humans
Can dogs be trained to detect COVID-19 by smell? Researchers in Pennsylvania are putting canine scent receptors to the test. Source: https://www.livescience.com/dogs-smell-covid-19.html
Dog tests ‘weak positive’ for coronavirus, a 1st case of human-to-canine infection
However, it’s highly unlikely that dogs can pass the virus on to humans. Source: https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-first-case-human-to-dog-transmission.html
What Makes A Dog Smart? Are Certain Dog Breeds Smarter?
Ever looked at your dog and wonder just what they’re thinking? That’s the question Dr. Brian Hare has spent his career trying to answer. He’s a scientist, New York Times bestselling author of the book, The Genius of Dogs, and Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke University in North Carolina. His publications on dog cognition […]
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Spot the Robot Dog Trots Into the Big, Bad World
Boston Dynamics’ creation is starting to sniff out its role in the workforce: as a helpful canine that still sometimes needs you to hold its paw. From a report: This autumn, after years of dropping view-amassing videos of Spot the robot dog fending off stick-wielding humans and opening doors for its pals, Boston Dynamics finally announced that the machine was hitting…
For the love of dog: How our canine companions evolved for affection
It’s not just the food, your dog really does love you – and researcher Clive Wynne has done the studies to prove it Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532630-700-for-the-love-of-dog-how-our-canine-companions-evolved-for-affection/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Why dogs could hold the secret to longer, healthier human lives
Our best shot at understanding and even reversing human ageing will come not from studying ourselves, but from 10,000 of our canine companions Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532630-600-why-dogs-could-hold-the-secret-to-longer-healthier-human-lives/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…