A recent study in PlosOne suggested that people who are treated for cat bites are more likely to suffer from depression. I tell you why I'm not yet convinced, over at the Berkeley Science Review...
Early-life isolation leads to cognitive deficits in cows
Separating calves from their cow friends may lead to social awkwardness, have less coping skills and makes it harder for them to solve problems. Read more about the study.
Scientists to sequence the feline genome
Not only are scientists going to sequence the entire genomes of 99 domestic felines, they are going to make the data (all 168 terabytes of it) available on the cloud! My dream: in the future, this information will help us with understanding more about the genetic causes of different feline behavioral traits…read more here.
