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Cockroaches at Their Best at Night

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the like-computer-science-and-astronomy dept.

Science_afficionado writes "A new study has found that cockroaches are morons in the morning and geniuses in the evening in terms of their learning capacity. Previous studies suggest that the learning capacity of both people and rats are also affected by their internal biological clocks. But the effect is far more dramatic in cockroaches and it is the first time it has been found in insects. And, no, the researchers didn't try giving their cockroaches a sip of coffee to see if it revived them!"

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  1. Uh? by Chouonsoku · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That last line was just... Wow. I mean, I've seen bad attempts at humor on Slashdot. I've even made a few of those. But that was just terrible.

    1. Re:Uh? by bkr1_2k · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      How in the hell is first post redundant? Seriously, mods, that's just ridiculous!

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    2. Re:Uh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Moderators are on crack today. The parent is correct and if I had mod points it would go up.

  2. I, for one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Welcome our late-nite cockroach overlords!

  3. Who cares by duggi · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I really wonder what kind of discussion would follow. Maybe some flamebait or troll would come along and steer the discussion towards iPhones getting their data deleted in current update if they are unlocked. OK, they are active (genius, was it?) at night. Unless it can do some coding work for me, or develop nice theories related to world economy or crack jokes, I wont be much interested in it. Leave them alone.

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    1. Re:Who cares by Poromenos1 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Maybe some flamebait or troll would come along and steer the discussion towards iPhones getting their data deleted in current update if they are unlocked. Wait, that can really happen? I was planning on updating, but now I won't!
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    2. Re:Who cares by Poromenos1 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Next time I'll include the tag...

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  4. Exactly! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And, no, the researchers didn't try giving their cockroaches a sip of coffee to see if it revived them!
    I as just about to post about this as well...so it is nice to get FR2FP.

    Lol, cockroaches drinking coffee. That are so funny, lolol

    Idiot
  5. Re:Tell me about it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Imagine a beowulf cluster of...awww crap nevermind.