As no doubt everyone reading this blog will know, the past month has seen an absolute bonanza of space-related science news. Lots of cool and exciting stuff there but we’ll start with the non-space stuff first.

• Given my recent post on the Dog Emotion and Cognition course, this first bit is especially relevant. This BBC article covers a Japanese experiment which shows that dogs are able to observe strangers interacting with their owners and calibrate their own behavior accordingly. Specifically when offered food by a stranger, dogs will decline the offer if the stranger has previously been observed as acting in a “mean” manner to its owner.

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