Do-it-yourself projects can save money and build confidence, or do the opposite

Do-it-yourselfers often are regarded as determined and self-sufficient, but the jobs they take on don’t fit into a single category ...

4 Ryobi Tools Buyers Say Are Surprisingly Useful

Discover the most surprisingly useful Ryobi tools. Reviewers love the ONE+ 18V inflator, oscillating multi-tool, glue gun, ...
RealLifeDIY on MSN

The reason bathroom caulk turns pink before it turns black — and what it means

That pink tint isn't soap residue — it's something alive.
Psychology Today

Tool Use By Animals: Why the Hype and Why It's So Important

This post is in response to Do Cows Use Tools? New Research Says Yes By Marc Bekoff Ph.D. Veronika using a brush as a tool to scratch various parts of her body. Source: A. J. Osuna-Mascaró/with ...
Wired

ICE Is Using Palantir’s AI Tools to Sort Through Tips

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement is leveraging Palantir’s generative artificial intelligence tools to sort and summarize immigration enforcement tips from its public submission form, ...
New York Post

A cow named Veronika shocked scientists with a new skill — proving they’re a lot smarter than we thought: ‘Not accidental’

She needed a moo-sage. Utilizing implements isn’t limited to primates and brainiac birds. A brown cow named Veronika was documented using tools with impressive skill for the first time ever, ...
Wired

‘Veronika’ Is the First Cow Known to Use a Tool

Justice for Far Side cartoonist Gary Larson: A team of scientists has observed, for the first time, a cow using a tool in a flexible manner. The ingenuity of “Veronika,” as the animal is called, shows ...
Popular Science

Veronika the Cow shocks scientists by using a tool

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Ars Technica

Meet Veronika, the tool-using cow

Far Side fans might recall a classic 1982 cartoon called “Cow Tools,” featuring a cow standing next to a jumble of strange objects—the joke being that cows don’t use tools. That’s why a pet Swiss ...
The New York Times

Do Cows Use Tools? This One Does.

A pet cow named Veronika can scratch her own back with a broom — the first scientifically documented case of tool use in cows, researchers say. By Emily Anthes For a cow, Veronika has had what might ...
Scientific American

A tool-using cow is challenging what we know about farm animal intelligence

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 ...
CNN

Video shows cow using a brush to scratch its back in first described case of tool use in cattle

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 ...