At a ‘Tea Party’ With Scientists, This Ape Showed Some Imagination

In a playtime experiment, scientists found that apes, our closest living relatives, have the capacity for make-believe, too.

Can apes play pretend? Scientists use an imaginary tea party to find out

A new experiment hints that an ape may be able to play pretend like humans do. Scientists studied a bonobo named Kanzi who was raised in captivity and became a whiz at communicating with humans using ...

A bonobo tea party: Study shows humans aren't the only species that can pretend

Researchers offered a bonobo named Kanzi imaginary juice and grapes, presenting the tests as a kind of make-believe tea party ...
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The 500-year-long experiment

Most science experiments take a few months or years, but some take a whole lot longer. Here are six of the longest-running ...

February vacation week on Cape Cod: Meet a fennec fox or walk through inflatable whale

The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History is re-opening for its 2026 season with a lineup of activities during February school ...

For very young readers: Arjun wants to make a rocket, but his mother has banned experiments at home

The open ground of the school was the perfect place to try it out. He was happy Miss Mango was doing a test run of all the ...