Australian scientists have found an effective new way to clean up methylmercury, one of the world's most dangerous pollutants ...

Getting stuck in a negative loop is part of many mental health disorders. A new therapy focuses more on these thought patterns than the thoughts themselves.

Operant conditioning (behavior modification) is a metaphor for accountability. B.F. Skinner was an experimental psychologist at the University of Minnesota in the 1940s whose name and work came to ...

Memphis Mayor Paul Young is asking the public to stop making negative comments and social comments aimed at staff at Memphis Animal Services amid a distemper outbreak at the shelter. MAS officials ...

NEWBURGH, Ind. (WEVV) — Animal cruelty remains a pressing issue across the Tri-State, and law enforcement continues to confront it head-on. A recent investigation in Warrick County has resulted ...

(CNN) — People in Southern California have risked their own safety to rescue animals, both big and small, from the wildfires that have killed 27 people and displaced many more after thousands of ...

When an animal was in danger, these heroes didn't hesitate to jump into action. Each unfortunate creature was helpless until strangers intervened to rescue them and carry them to safety in ...

EL Paso, TEXAS (KVIA) -- El Paso Animal Services announced the third annual Inspire Your Heart with Art Day Virtual Auction. This was done in collaboration with Friends of El Paso Animal Services.

The two types of reinforcement are positive and negative, referring not to the horse's feeling about the reinforcement, but to whether something is being added or removed from the horse.

Through RL (reinforcement learning, or reward-driven optimization), o1 learns to hone its chain of thought and refine the strategies it uses — ultimately learning to recognize and correct its ...

When it comes to survival, animals possess a wide array of impressive adaptations. Among the most fascinating of these is the ability to heal naturally from injuries that would severely hinder or even ...