Physics
There's a reason every aeroplane window has a tiny hole in it, and it's not the reason most people assume
Jul 24, 2026
July 2026
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Brain & Behavior
Chosen solitude can lower emotional arousal, but cancelling plans has many possible explanations
By Lachlan Brown · Jul 24, 2026
Agriculture
Faced with losing its last forests, Costa Rica made a bet no country had tried at scale
Jul 24, 2026
Brain & Behavior
7 habits of people who stay genuinely happy into their 70s
By Lachlan Brown · Jul 24, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The longest study of human happiness ever run has followed the same people for more than 80 years—and its clearest finding isn't wealth…
By Lachlan Brown · Jul 23, 2026
Technology
One faint signal beamed down from space quietly runs your flights, your money, the power grid and the phone in your pocket, and right now…
Jul 23, 2026
Social Sciences
OECD projects global aid to fall 6.9% in 2026 as health funding drops
Jul 23, 2026
Brain & Behavior
If you still read physical books instead of a Kindle, science says you have these 7 distinct traits
By Lachlan Brown · Jul 23, 2026
Health
ETH Zurich handheld breath sensor detects fat-burning marker acetone nearly as accurately as lab mass spectrometry
Jul 23, 2026
Social Sciences
How did hunter-gatherers in southeastern Anatolia quarry, carve, and raise 20-tonne T-shaped limestone pillars into ringed enclosures…
Jul 23, 2026
Life
How did a Central American country smaller than West Virginia go from one of the worst deforestation rates on Earth to doubling its forest…
Jul 23, 2026
Space
Magnetars have the strongest sustained magnetic fields known
By Mal James · Jul 23, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Seven capacities pet-directed speech may express, without proving a personality profile
By Lachlan Brown · Jul 23, 2026
Brain & Behavior
5 research-backed ways to build a habit that actually lasts
By Mal James · Jul 23, 2026