Chimpanzee Learning, Breast Cancer Gel, Singing Brain Repair

Curiosity Daily

Today, you’ll learn about how when chimpanzees can’t figure out how to do something they get their friends to teach them, a potential breakthrough in the fight against breast cancer, and how singing repairs the brain after a stroke.

Chimpanzee Learning

• “Chimpanzees use social information to acquire a skill they fail to innovate.” by Edwin J. C. van Leeuwen, et al. 2024.
• “Like Humans, Bumblebees and Chimpanzees Can Pass on Their Skills to Form ‘Cumulative Culture’.” by Cristen Hemingway Jaynes. 2024.

Breast Cancer Gel

• “Scientists make potential breast cancer breakthrough after preserving tissue in gel.” by Matthew Weaver. 2024.
• “Breast cancer statistics.” Cancer Research UK. n.d.

Singing Brain Repair

• “Singing repairs the language network of the brain after a cerebrovascular accident.” University of Helsinki. 2024.
• “Vocal music boosts the recovery of language functions after stroke.” University of Helsinki. 2021.

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