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Heavy metal poisoning may be changing birds’ personalities

Heavy metal poisoning may be changing birds’ personalities

22 March 2018

Great tits exposed to toxic metals like cadmium and lead alter their behaviour, becoming less exploratory and more cautious, suggesting their personalities have been reshaped
boy with blackboard covered in sums

Why am I rubbish at maths? And other curious questions answered

30 August 2017

Mathematics is like marmite, people tend to love it or hate it. Find out why it can make us nervous, why we struggle at it and whether animals can do it too

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