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Learn how AI may learn to talk to whales; why pedestrians don\u2019t follow the shortest route; and competitiveness in women.

Researchers are using AI to understand whale clicks \u2014 and talk back to them by Briana Brownell\xa0

• Hakai Magazine. (2021). Are We on the Verge of Chatting with Whales? | Hakai Magazine. Hakai Magazine; Hakai Magazine. https://hakaimagazine.com/features/are-we-on-the-verge-of-chatting-with-whales/
• \u200cScientists Are Working on an AI to Let Us Talk to Whales. (2021, October 27). Futurism; Futurism. https://futurism.com/the-byte/scientists-ai-whale-language
• \u200cPROJECT CETI. (2020). https://www.projectceti.org/
• \u200cWelch, C. (2021, April 19). Animals; National Geographic. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/scientists-plan-to-use-ai-to-try-to-decode-the-language-of-whales

Pedestrians are wired to follow the "pointiest" route, not the shortest by Cameron Duke\xa0

• Bongiorno, C., Zhou, Y., Kryven, M., Theurel, D., Rizzo, A., Santi, P., Tenenbaum, J., & Ratti, C. (2021). Vector-based pedestrian navigation in cities. Nature Computational Science, 1(10), 678\u2013685. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43588-021-00130-y
• How the brain navigates cities. (2021, October 18). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/931695
• Duke, C. (2021, August 12). Howler monkeys navigate using adaptable mental maps, just like humans. New Scientist; New Scientist. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2286901-howler-monkeys-navigate-using-adaptable-mental-maps-just-like-humans/

Women are just as competitive as men, they just show it differently by Steffie Drucker

• Barroso, A., & Brown, A. (2021, May 25). Gender pay gap in U.S. held steady in 2020. Pew Research Center; Pew Research Center. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/05/25/gender-pay-gap-facts/
• \u200cStudy casts doubt on theory that women aren\u2019t as competitive as men. (2021, November). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/932985
• \u200cCassar, A., & Rigdon, M. L. (2021). Prosocial option increases women\u2019s entry into competition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(45), e2111943118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2111943118

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