SEEN 7.5

If you’re on Twitter, take a look at #12AoC, it’s a MOOC that you can sign-up to and stands for 12 apps of Christmas. So far it’s at day 5 (the weekends don’t count). I’d be interested to hear what you think of any of the apps https://the12appsofchristmas.wordpress.com/

 

More young people are watching Plant Earth II than X factor (sadly you have to register to read the whole article but the headline is still triumphant) http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/attenboroughs-call-of-the-wild-pulls-in-young-viewers-gntqpxqdl?CMP=Spklr-_-Editorial-_-TWITTER-_-thetimes-_-20161201-_-691339041&linkId=31777211

 

Friends make life less stressful, for chimpanzees (relates to this week’s BIOL2039 lectures) https://theconversation.com/chimp-study-shows-how-hanging-out-with-friends-makes-life-less-stressful-68000?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1480276238

 

Tool making in Goffin’s cockatoos (yes, not just tool use), watch the film https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2016/nov/16/goffins-cockatoos-make-same-tool-different-materials-video-report?CMP=share_btn_tw

 

Should lectures be obsolete? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38058477

 

Lions are the cleverest big cat https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/lions-are-the-brainiest-of-the-big-cats/?wt.mc=SA_Twitter-Share

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