A bonobo named Kanzi surprised scientists by successfully playing along in pretend tea party experiments, tracking imaginary juice and grapes as if they were real. He consistently pointed to the ...

The study focused on Kanzi, a language-trained bonobo who died in March 2025 at the age of 44. Ape Initiative Imagination—the ability to conjure up ideas, images or scenarios that don’t exist in the ...

Fast-food giant Wendy's will close hundreds of its U.S. restaurants as it looks to focus on value and boost lagging sales in the domestic market. In the October through December quarter, the fast-food ...

Emma Laird recalls a moment — not all that long ago — when she was stood on the rooftop of her apartment in Los Angeles, looking out across a postcard-worthy sunset skyline and smoking a cigarette.

Wendy’s plans to close as many as 358 locations by the middle of 2026, the fast food chain announced Friday. The struggling eatery said it expects to shutter between 5% and 6% of its U.S. restaurants ...

Wendy’s said Friday that it plans to shutter between 5% and 6% of its restaurants in the first half of the year. The closures are part of a previously announced turnaround plan, which the fast-food ...

Children love to play pretend, holding imaginary tea parties, educating classrooms of teddies or running their own grocery stores. Now, a new study suggests that such make-believe play is not a ...

Bonobos are seen during the reopening of Cologne's zoo during the coronavirus crisis on May 5, 2020 in Cologne, Germany. - Jörg Schüler/Getty Images Children love to play pretend, holding imaginary ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. By age 2, most kids know how to play pretend. They turn their bedrooms into faraway castles and hold make-believe ...

NEW YORK (AP) — By age 2, most kids know how to play pretend. They turn their bedrooms into faraway castles and hold make-believe tea parties. The ability to make something out of nothing may seem ...

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