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Have you ever seen livestock outfitted with modern consumer electronics? (The rats that learned how to play DOOM don’t count). If not, well, here you go — as first reported by The Sun, Izzet Kocak, a ...

Through the looking glass: Last week, a news outlet in Turkey reported on a farmer trying to use VR headsets to decrease anxiety in his cows and increase milk production. The method was inspired by ...

In Turkey, a rancher has begun putting virtual reality headsets on some of his cattle to see if the animals produce more milk when they believe they are outside in a nice, sunny field. Early results ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

In the hopes of boosting their cows’ milk production, farmers in Russia have turned to technology, in the form of virtual reality headsets. The RusMoloko farm, just outside Moscow, has started using ...