Even Monkeys Believe In Hot Streaks

Choosing a user name starting with a letter appearing earlier in the alphabet is just one scientifically vetted way to increase the odds of turning an online encounter into a first date. Christopher Intagliata reports 

High-calorie and exceedingly pleasurable foods appear to change rat brain rewards circuitry, causing the rodents to continue to seek such fare. Erika Beras reports 

Parkinson’s patients derived more benefits from a salt solution they were told was an expensive drug than from the same solution when it was described as being cheap medication. Karen Hopkin reports 

Aujourd'hui, direction la Tanzanie à la rencontre du chimpanzé !Cette fois-ci, nous voyageons dans l'espace mais aussi dans le temps afin de suivre une femme extraordinaire dans ses aventures : Jane Goodall. C'est grâce à elle que l'intelligence de ces singes a pu être révélée au ... Show More

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Dr Jane Goodall DBE, comedian Bill Bailey and primatologist Dr Cat Hobaiter to find out what we've learnt in the 60 years since Jane first discovered the chimpanzees of Gombe. From tool use, to language and even to culture, her revolutionary ... Show More

A man catches a monkey in a trap. All the animals that the monkey has tricked think he has tricked his last. But the monkey keeps on laughing. The Tiger and the Bear want to find out why the monkey thinks everything is funny. As a bonus, we read another story from our recent writ ... Show More

Rob's been asked to dress up like a monkey but it seems like someone is literally making a monkey out of him! 

New recordings featuring the voices of 53 species of turtle, caecilian and tuatara previously thought to be silent have illuminated the evolutionary origins of vocal communication. Gabriel Jorgevich-Cohen a PhD student at the University of Zurich has travelled the world collectin ... Show More

À travers les grands chefs-d’œuvre du jeu vidéo, certains jeux étranges se faufilent parfois et obtiennent un succès inattendu. C’est le cas de Banana Clicking Game, un jeu gratuit qui consiste simplement à cliquer sur une banane. C’est le jeu le plus joué sur Steam actuellement. ... Show More

On Dec. 9 2012, video of a baby monkey running around in a faux-shearling coat at a North York IKEA garnered international attention when Darwin escaped a locked crate and vehicle before making a dash toward the furniture store. “(I thought) this is absolutely ridiculous that the ... Show More

Mamadou Ndiaye uses comedy to teach animal facts, but there's nothing funny about these deadly ones. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy