ScienceDaily (Feb. 1, 2011) — Dogs can sniff out bowel cancer in breath and stool samples, with a very high degree of accuracy — even in the early stages of the disease — reveals research published online in the journal Gut. More: Click Here
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ScienceDaily (Feb. 8, 2011) — In the February 2011 issue of European Urology, Jean-Nicolas Cornu and colleagues reported the evaluation of the efficacy of prostate cancer (PCa) detection by trained dogs on human urine samples. More: Click Here
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ScienceDaily (Feb. 24, 2011) — Following others’ gaze direction is an important source of information that helps to detect prey or predators, to notice important social events within one’s social group and to predict the next actions of others. As such, it is considered a key step towards an understanding of mental states, such as attention
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One day an old German Shepherd starts chasing rabbits and before long, discovers that he’s lost. Wandering about, he notices a panther heading rapidly in his direction with the intention of having lunch. The old German Shepherd thinks, “Oh, oh! I’m in deep trouble now!” Noticing some bones on the ground close by, he immediately settles down
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ScienceDaily (Nov. 28, 2010) — Over millions of years dogs have developed bigger brains than cats because highly social species of mammals need more brain power than solitary animals, according to a study by Oxford University. For the first time researchers have attempted to chart the evolutionary history of the brain across different groups of mammals
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