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[Link] Crows Perform Yet Another Skill Once Thought Distinctively Human

Read: 23/11/2022 www.scientificamerican.com

Crows are some of the smartest creatures in the animal kingdom. They are capable of making rule-guided decisions and of creating and using tools. They also appear to show an innate sense of what numbers are.

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[Link] Bellingcat's Eliot Higgins Explains Why Ukraine Is Winning the Information War

Read: 9/3/2022 time.com

The ability of anyone with a phone or laptop to see Russia’s invasion of Ukraine unfold in almost real time—and to believe what they’re seeing—comes to us thanks to the citizens operating what’s known as open-source intelligence (OSINT).

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[Link] UK officials still blocking Peter Wright’s ‘embarrassing’ Spycatcher files

Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

The Cabinet Office has been accused of “delay and deception” over its blocking of the release of files dating back more than three decades that reveal the inside story of the intelligence agent Peter Wright and the Spycatcher affair.

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[Link] Analyst Who Reported Trump’s ‘Pee Tape’ Rumor Was Just Arrested

Read: 4/11/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. On Thursday, Danchenko was taken into custody in Virginia for allegedly lying to the FBI, according to an unsealed indictment filed in federal court.

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[Link] ‘Nine Eyes’? Bill Would Look at Adding Four Countries to Intel-Sharing Pact

Read: 4/11/2021 www.defenseone.com

The United States’ “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing pact is a World War II relic that needs updating to better keep tabs on China, the chairman of a key house subcommittee on intelligence told Defense One.  Arizona Democrat Rep.

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[Link] IQ tests can’t measure it, but ‘cognitive flexibility’ is key to learning and creativity

Read: 8/8/2021 theconversation.com

IQ is often hailed as a crucial driver of success, particularly in fields such as science, innovation and technology. In fact, many people have an endless fascination with the IQ scores of famous people.

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