A report that a fish can pass the “mirror test” for self-awareness reignites debates about how to define and measure that elusive quality. A little blue-and-black fish swims up to a mirror. It ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists report that a fish can pass a standard test of recognizing itself in a mirror — and they raise a question about what that means. Does this decades-old test, designed to show ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. For decades, self-awareness has been guarded as a very ...