Ground Squirrels Have Four Specific Personalities That Shape Their Ecosystems Humans aren’t the only animals with big personalities. Individual traits, temperaments, and coping styles have been observed among an enormously diverse range of animals, including sea anemones, fish, birds, mammals, spiders, and lizards. In fact, there are some experts who think personality exists across the entire animal…
Psychological Safety Is Not a Hygiene Factor Co-authored with Per Hugander. Per is a strategic advisor helping executives achieve their goals by leveraging science and research in practice “Companies should mandate hygiene factors like ethics and psychological safety” The comment—made by a participant in an executive program a few minutes into the first discussion of a…
Researchers reconstruct major branches in the tree of language The diversity of human languages can be likened to branches on a tree. If you’re reading this in English, you’re on a branch that traces back to a common ancestor with Scots, which traces back to a more distant ancestor that split off into German and…
Milkweed butterflies tear open caterpillars and drink them alive This is the first time scientists have documented the grisly behavior Not all caterpillars grow up to be beautiful butterflies. Some become living milkshakes for their dads, who guzzle caterpillar body fluids to attract the ladies. Recently, scientists reported the first evidence of butterflies sipping from…
Physics explains why humans can walk through crowded places and not spill their coffee The Nobel Prize for Physics is almost upon us, but before we know who is heading to Stockholm (maybe via Zoom again), the Ig Nobel prizes take the limelight. Meant to make you “first laugh, then think”, the Ig Nobels were held…