LLMs have recently helped find solutions to a number of minor longstanding problems. But a new plan called First Proof is really putting them to the test ...

Abstract: Expensive constrained multi-objective optimization problems (ECMOPs) are widely encountered in practical applications, where the evaluation of objective functions and constraints typically ...

A cow in Austria uses a stick to scratch her body in a documented case of tool use. Credit: Antonio J. Osuna-Mascaró et al. / CC BY 4.0 Researchers say a brown Swiss cow in Austria may be forcing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Veronika scratches her back while resting. “The findings highlight how assumptions about livestock intelligence may reflect gaps ...

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 ...

A few years ago, during a taxi ride, the driver described to me how a pig had transformed his life. A childhood with dogs taught him what to expect from animals, yet he was unprepared for the pig he ...

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 ...

Abstract: To optimize the solving efficiency of multi-objective path planning problems, this paper proposes an improved solution based on Whale Optimization Algorithm (IDWOA). First, a greedy strategy ...

This article was featured in New York’s One Great Story newsletter. Sign up here. The first nine days of Jorie Kraus’s life followed a pattern: problem, solution. Problem, solution. Problem: Jorie was ...