Social Sciences
Summer is not warm because Earth nears the Sun — in truth we sit closest to it every January
By Mal James · Jul 17, 2026
July 2026
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Science
Some compulsions can look like discipline from the outside, which can obscure the distress involved
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 16, 2026
Technology
Internal Facebook documents showed that the platform once weighted every reaction emoji five times more heavily than Likes
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 16, 2026
Technology
$7 billion in six months: how K-beauty outsold the United States to become the world's second-biggest beauty exporter
By Kiran Journals · Jul 16, 2026
Earth & Environment
The oldest water on Earth has been isolated for 2 billion years beneath a Canadian mine
By Kiran Journals · Jul 16, 2026
Science
Deep-sea nodules in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone contain metal tonnages that may exceed estimated terrestrial reserves for several metals…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 16, 2026
Earth & Environment
Beneath the Sahara sits an ocean's worth of ancient groundwater that fell as rain during a green and forested age tens of thousands of…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 16, 2026
Space
Earth’s atmosphere does not end where space begins—it stretches beyond the Moon, meaning lunar astronauts were technically still inside it
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 16, 2026
Life
A 2015 study linked longer mutual gaze in some dog-owner pairs with higher urinary oxytocin
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 16, 2026
Earth & Environment
For decades the heavy rocks crossing Death Valley were never seen moving, until cameras caught them gliding across the lakebed on thin…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 16, 2026
Life
Scientists discovered that ordinary air filters can capture DNA floating through the atmosphere, identifying nearby wildlife, viruses and…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 15, 2026
Physics
Two billion years ago a uranium deposit in Gabon switched itself on as a natural nuclear reactor, operating in pulses as groundwater boiled…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 15, 2026
Earth & Environment
The Aztecs built an agricultural system capable of producing repeated harvests without synthetic fertilizer, feeding a city of hundreds of…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 15, 2026
Technology
Roman marine concrete can become stronger through interactions with seawater, helping explain why ancient harbour structures survived…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 15, 2026