Pet Talk 101

Watch your tone! Professor Fluffykins might be listening. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. You know what it’s called when someone’s good or bad mood rubs off on you? “Emotional Contagion.” This helps build social bonds within AND between species. Domesticated animals can distinguish between

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Concrete Jungle

Ready for a breath of fresh air? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. When the going gets tough… might stopping to smell the roses boost our spirits? Literally? Colleen Reid and team at the University of Colorado, Boulder wondered. They surveyed over nine hundred volunteers

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