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NSF experiments with new kind of science funding

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Bumble bees show spontaneous problem-solving in study published in Science

Movie S4. Task solution in Experiment 3. This movie shows a bee solving the task in Experiment 3. The beginning of the video (habituation phase, without the ball present) is shown at accelerated speed ...