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ResearchBuzz: FirehoseTrendwatching: This vibe-coded tool tells dog owners when pavement is too hot for paws. “The tool is simple. Punch in a city or let it detect your location, and Pawmometer pulls real-time weather data to calculate how hot different surfaces are likely to get.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/25/trendwatching-this-vibe-coded-tool-tells-dog-owners-when-pavement-is-too-hot-for-paws/
Trendwatching: This vibe-coded tool tells dog owners when pavement is too hot for paws
Trendwatching: This vibe-coded tool tells dog owners when pavement is too hot for paws. “The tool is simple. Punch in a city or let it detect your location, and Pawmometer pulls real-time wea…
University of Liverpool: Researchers create world’s largest dog and cat tumour database. “Researchers from the University of Liverpool’s Veterinary Data Science Group and the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria have created the world’s largest open-source database of canine and feline tumours, containing more than one million records.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/02/university-of-liverpool-researchers-create-worlds-largest-dog-and-cat-tumour-database/
University of Liverpool: Researchers create world’s largest dog and cat tumour database
University of Liverpool: Researchers create world’s largest dog and cat tumour database. “Researchers from the University of Liverpool’s Veterinary Data Science Group and the University of La…
KillBaitThe Fascinating Life of Domesticated Silk Moths
📰 Original title: Sky Puppies and the Strange World of Domesticated Silk Moths
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅
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Ars Technica: Meet Veronika, the tool-using cow. “Her owner, Witgar Wiegele, is an organic farmer and baker who keeps the cow as a pet. With Wiegele’s permission, they conducted a series of randomized trials with a deck scrub broom, chosen for its asymmetrical shape, placed in different orientations. The pair recorded 76 instances of Veronika using the broom over seven sessions of ten trials.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/20/ars-technica-meet-veronika-the-tool-using-cow/University of Guelph: New Pet Loss and Grief Resources Launched by OVC Pet Trust. “A new online hub from OVC Pet Trust at the University of Guelph is blending personal narratives with expert insights to help pet caregivers like Sydney and her family navigate loss.”
DevrieseRÚV: Museum dedicated to the Icelandic Sheepdog opens in North Iceland. “Evelyn Ýr Kuhne, a cultural studies expert from Skagafjörður, decided it was time to introduce the Icelandic Sheepdog to a wider audience. That’s why she opened a museum devoted entirely to this exceptional breed. In its first month, it was visited by numerous groups of tourists from both Iceland and abroad.”
Hackaday: Announcing The 2025 Pet Hacks Winners. “When you really love your pawed, feathered, or scaled friends, you build projects for them. (Well, anyway, that’s what’s happened to us.) For the 2025 Pet Hacks Challenge, we asked you to share your favorite pet-related hacks, and you all delivered.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/30/hackaday-announcing-the-2025-pet-hacks-winners/
NPR: These scientists are building a cat database to understand why they act like that . “…scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, along with UMass Chan Medical School are working on the Darwin’s Cats project. Their goal is to build a comprehensive database that answers many questions about the behavioral and genetic traits of our friendly felines.”