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(Photo: Delta)Four travelers stand under a departure board at Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW), checking for flight updates. Despite the board’s universal appeal, it’s uniquely personalized. From each traveler’s perspective, it displays only the information they’re looking for.  This seemingly magical version of the quintessential flight information board is made possible …

By 4 months of age, the cognitive performance of common ravens (Corvus corax) in experimental tasks is similar to those of two great ape species, chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus). Pika et al. conducted the first systematic, quantitative large-scale assessment of physical and social cognitive performance of common …