Scarlett Howard

Scarlett Howard, a biologist at Monash University, specializes in animal cognition and has taught bees to distinguish between odd and even numbers. She discusses the curious world of training animals to perform tasks outside their natural instincts, like goldfish driving cars. Howard emphasizes the importance of these seemingly irrelevant experiments, claiming they unlock secrets of cognition and support future technological advancements. She also reflects on the balance between ecological relevance and cognitive exploration in research, highlighting the unexpected insights gained.