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European children caught up to Moken sea nomads' underwater vision with training

The Moken children’s eyes were ordinary; what set them apart was how they used them underwater, and four European girls learned to do the same.

By Sanchana Charles · Oct 12, 2026

Maine lobster traps wash up 3,000 km away in Azores after decades at sea

Every lobster trap set off the coast of Maine must carry a small plastic tag, usually stamped with a license number, a year and a fishing zone.

By Chris Jeremia · Oct 10, 2026

Your dentist is part of your longevity program

Gum disease might cost you more than your teeth—it could cost you years of life.

By Josh Mitteldorf · Oct 10, 2026

Palmer Luckey's oxytocin marriage fix lacks any evidence it works

Palmer Luckey was asked on a podcast what he’d work on if he was starting from zero today, and his answer was divorce.

By Justin Brown · Oct 10, 2026

Ancient Scottish fossil reveals unexpected early branch point in vertebrate evolution

In the Survival gallery of the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh lies a skeleton less than 20 centimetres long, preserved across the two halves of a split slab of limestone.

By Chris Jeremia · Oct 9, 2026

Slow breathing makes gamblers bolder, not braver, brain scan shows

A long exhale is the one calming trick I reach for on purpose. In a German brain-scanner study, the same breath made people take more gambles: losing hurt just as much, but the possible win counted for more.

By Nato Lagidze · Oct 9, 2026

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Your taste buds completely replace themselves roughly every ten days

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Australian doctor drank bacteria broth, won Nobel Prize for ulcer discovery

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Your brain mistakes relaxing muscles for the sensation of falling

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Watermelon picked up 97 percent of bacteria in massive five-second rule study

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Brain & Behavior

Neuroscience, psychology, and the science of how we think and act.

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Handwriting activates brain regions for speech and movement when recognizing letters

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Caffeine doesn't give you energy, just hides how tired you actually are

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Technology

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Data centres used 22 percent of Ireland's metered electricity in 2024, up from 5 percent in 2015

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Light bulb that has burned since 1901 has outlasted three webcams watching it

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The world's first webcam spent a decade watching a coffee pot in a Cambridge lab

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Cheese brine waste becomes Wisconsin's secret weapon against icy roads

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Earth & Environment

Climate, energy, ecology, and the systems that keep the planet running.

Across 20 corn farms in South Dakota, Nebraska, North Dakota and Minnesota, the regenerative fields yielded…

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Winter bee clusters suffer most on the outside, not the center

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Since 2008, the Dutch city of Heerlen has used water in its flooded former coal mines to heat and cool…

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Offshore wind turbine blade failure closes Nantucket beaches, triggers $10.5M settlement

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Life

Biology, animals, plants, and life beyond the human story.

Dogs align with Earth's magnetic field to defecate, but only when it's stable

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Golden jackals are naturally spreading from the Balkans deep into Western Europe

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Lions fed whole prey spent more time eating but paced more, not less

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