Monkeys Typing Shakespeare » Science http://www.100monkeys.org The Search for Intelligent Monkeys on the Internet Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:28:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Monkey Hear, Monkey Do — Understanding Language http://www.100monkeys.org/2008/11/23/monkey-hear-monkey-do-understanding-language/ http://www.100monkeys.org/2008/11/23/monkey-hear-monkey-do-understanding-language/#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:43:12 +0000 Dr. Safran http://www.100monkeys.org/?p=116 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/clever-monkeys/monkeys-and-language/3948/

“We all know the expression monkey see, monkey do. But should the saying really go monkey hear, monkey do? Recent studies are finding that the language abilities of some monkeys are more sophisticated than previously believed. Much more sophisticated.”

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I have to remind of that each time I wake up and my toaster is fighting with the cat.

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Click here to view the embedded video.

More Roy Zimmerman at www.royzimmerman.com

]]> http://www.100monkeys.org/2007/03/26/creation-science-101/feed/ 1 Your Brain is a Banana http://www.100monkeys.org/2007/02/02/your-brain-is-a-banana/ http://www.100monkeys.org/2007/02/02/your-brain-is-a-banana/#comments Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:04:15 +0000 Dr. Safran http://www.100monkeys.org/2007/02/02/your-brain-is-a-banana/ From a recent Exploratorium e-newsletter:

DID YOU KNOW?
…that your brain is three-fourths water? A normal human brain is about 75% water, approximately the percentage you’d find in an average banana.

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We think this video was produced by visiting space aliens.  Warning: some strong language and subject matter.

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The aptly named Howler Monkey’s call supposedly sounds like a mixture of a donkey’s bray and a dog’s bark and can be heard from up to 3 miles away. So the next time you’re woken up by birds outside your window or traffic on the street, just be thankful that Howler Monkeys live in the rainforest and not your backyard.

I’m only pointing this out so you’ll know it wasn’t me singing in the shower last night. Bongo can be such a jerk.

]]> http://www.100monkeys.org/2006/09/06/howler-monkey-is-worlds-noisiest-land-animal/feed/ 0 Sad Monkeys may Help Scientists Understand Sad Humans http://www.100monkeys.org/2003/04/26/sad-monkeys-may-help-scientists-understand-sad-humans/ http://www.100monkeys.org/2003/04/26/sad-monkeys-may-help-scientists-understand-sad-humans/#comments Sat, 26 Apr 2003 10:36:16 +0000 Dr. Safran http://www.100monkeys.org/wordpress/?p=26 A recent article from Newhouse News Service reports that a scientist named Judy Cameron is hoping to enlist the help of rhesus monkeys in order to investigate the relationship between anxiety and depression, and their genetic causes. Some forms of anxiety run, in similar ways, in both monkey and human families.

Of course, monkeys have drawbacks in a depression study. “Diagnosing depression requires figuring out a patient’s feelings and thoughts — [this is] very hard with children and impossible with Cameron’s subjects. ‘Monkeys, it turns out, are terrible at questionnaires,’ Cameron said.”

Maybe if they just gave the monkeys some more time to answer the questions….

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When I was 16, I woke up to the horrible news that the Space Shuttle Challenger had exploded on lift off. For a moment my dreams were shattered. I was in love with the idea of space travel and I felt an immense closeness with the space program and was awed at the majesty of those early shuttle flights. Today I awoke with similar bad news, the Shuttle Columbia and all her crew – lost. In the seventeen years since the first shuttle tragedy our nation’s space science program has grown to a fleet of shuttles and a permanent outpost. The men and women we call astronauts take on extreme risk every time they reach out and bring mankind closer to the stars. They are heroes.

Throughout history, humans have always sought out answers. Answers to the kinds of questions that, it seemed, only the gods were privy to. Why does the Sun rise? Why does an apple fall down and not up? Why do stars twinkle? Why are we here?

Men and women devoted to science seek truths to satisfy our insatiable appetite for knowledge. Some toil away for years in sterile laboratories trying to tease molecules apart or decipher the code to life itself. Others take extreme risks and travel to the edge of volcanoes, into the depths of the sea or to the outer reaches of our atmosphere. They all work with similar passion and with a similar goal. To take mankind further. To seek the unknown and to educate us about what is and what is possible.

Today we lost seven bold and adventurous men and women who had dedicated themselves to discovery. Today we will mourn their loss and pay tribute to them and their families. Today we acknowledge the incredible danger and risk that can come with exploration. But, Tomorrow, we will continue to seek truths and find answers. It is our destiny. It was theirs.

With respect,
“Dr.” Adam Safran

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