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Scientists observe bumblebees rolling a ball underneath a flower to get sugar, showing complex problem-solving abilities.

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Foucault’s pendulum experiment led to an increase in the public’s interest in both real-life science and science fiction.

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A teacher who wanted to shift from assessing compliance to assessing students’ thinking shares the tweaks she made in her ...