In the latest study, they discovered that the pups can also understand new names by eavesdropping. Ten gifted dogs — including a Border collie named Basket and a Labrador named Augie — watched their owners hold a new toy and talk to another person about it. Then the pups were told to go to another room and retrieve that specific toy from a pile of many others.

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A daylight peak and a full moon combine to sabotage the powerful Quadrantid meteor shower in 2026.