Jennifer Lopez, 51, shares that she works out ‘harder and smarter’ now than she did in her 20s

Jennifer Lopez has managed to maintain her enviable curves even as she approaches 52. But the Hustlers actress has shared with InStyle Magazine that she is not working out more these days, just in a more calculated way that has resulted in a better sculpted frame. ‘I’m in the best shape of my life. In my 20s … Read more

City mice are SMARTER than their country cousins

City mice are SMARTER than their country cousins! Rodents in urban areas are better at problem solving as they’ve had to adapt to living alongside humans, study reveals Thirty-one striped field mice were captured from the wild as part of the study  Scientists gave them a set of challenges in a cage where they had … Read more

Save smarter in 2021: ‘Autosave’ apps can analyse bills and spending

Smarter ways to save in 2021: The ‘autosave’ apps that analyse your bills and spending to calculate how much you can squirrel away Plum & Chip are two such apps that can help you with potential savings  Some round up payments to the nearest pound and stash away the difference Others look at your spending … Read more

Amazon’s Alexa gets smarter with natural turn-taking feature

Alexa is getting some new features and enhancements. The last one we showed here was the all-new Auto Mode and Start My Commute. They came after the new communication, safety, entertainment features were introduced in September. In the past few months, Amazon has actually been releasing several improvements like better app controls in preview mode … Read more

Duplex, AI technology now smarter and more helpful than ever

Earlier this week, we learned about Duplex now letting you book haircut appointments through AI. Several improvements are being applied to the system especially after it was made available in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Around the same time last year, it started testing Duplex-powered Assistant for movie ticket booking. We know Google Duplex’s … Read more

Land animals are smarter than marine creatures because of complex landscapes

Land animals are, on the whole, smarter than marine creatures and scientists now believe this is because complex landscapes sped up the evolution of intelligence.  Animals first left the seas and colonised land around 385million years ago but their brains were far more primitive than modern-day species.  This, scientists say, is because the simplicity of … Read more

Wild cockatoos excel in intelligence tests, countering theory living with humans makes birds smarter

Battle of the bird brains! Wild cockatoos perform just as well as those raised by humans in intelligence tests, new study shows Researchers in Vienna tested the intelligence of Goffin’s cockatoos They compared a group of lab-raised birds with a group of wild birds They found both groups performed similarly in intelligence tests The main … Read more