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http://the-scientist.com/2011/12/01/eye-of-newt/

Breaching an enemy's walls. How did this evolve?

http://the-scientist.com/2011/12/01/breaching-the-wall/

Dancing bees conduct a house hunt. They signal and by majority choose a new spot for a new swarm.

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-house-hunting-honey-bees-complex-brains.html

How do these guys reproduce? They can't become monopoles. Fascinating research:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-bacteria-break-a-magnet&WT.mc_...

Crows learn easily:

http://inkfish.fieldofscience.com/2011/12/aesops-crows-understand-physics.html

Seem to be as smart as crows in counting numbers after one year of training:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/science/pigeons-can-learn-higher-math-as-well-as-monk...

The researcher complains they can't figure out how to break it down!

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=from-pollen-to-polyester&print=true