Space
In 1982, the Soviet Venera 13 lander transmitted for 127 minutes from Venus's surface, returning colour panoramas of basaltic terrain…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 14, 2026
July 2026
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Life
Humans have roughly 10 times as many sweat glands per square inch as chimpanzees, yet a Duke study found our bodies turn over 30 to 50 per…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 14, 2026
Health
We tend to think longevity is mostly written in your genes, but a landmark study of 2,872 Danish twin pairs found DNA explained only about…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 14, 2026
Space
Voyager 1 launched in 1977 with onboard computers holding less memory than a single photo on a modern phone
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 14, 2026
Life
A vast hidden biosphere extends kilometres beneath Earth’s surface, where microorganisms survive in perpetual darkness
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 14, 2026
Space
A meteorite that fell near the Australian town of Murchison in 1969 was found to contain grains of stardust up to around 7 billion years old
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 14, 2026
Life
Crocodiles can lose limbs in territorial fights and still heal in bacteria-rich water with surprisingly little infection
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 14, 2026
Space
After six months orbiting Earth, astronauts don't just describe seeing the planet differently
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 14, 2026
Earth & Environment
The longest mountain range on Earth is almost entirely underwater
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 13, 2026
Earth & Environment
Beneath kilometres of Antarctic ice sits a lake the size of a small sea, sealed off from the sky for millions of years and possibly still…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 13, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Prairie dogs do more than shout “hawk” or “human”
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 13, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Assemble something yourself and you'll value it more than an identical item you didn't build
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 13, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Doing small things that fill you with awe
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 13, 2026
Life
The 52-hertz whale has an unusual call, but scientists cannot tell whether it is alone or unanswered
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 13, 2026