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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. I for one... by Digital+Nobody · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Welcome our night-dwelling-cockroach-overlords? Naa.

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    Penguin walks into a bar and asks the barman; Has my father been in here? The barman says; Dunno what's he look like?
  2. Duh by faloi · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If the cockroach hasn't had their coffee before trying to learn in the morning, there's no way they'll be able to remember anything.

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    "It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." -Albert Einstein