Health
Doctors have long advised many atrial-fibrillation patients to avoid coffee
By The Long View · Aug 26, 2026
August 2026
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Earth & Environment
Six North American wind farms let their blades sit idle until the wind passed 5 meters per second and bat deaths fell by 62 percent…
By Brendan Brown · Aug 26, 2026
Health
Seven drug regulators, including the EU, UK, and Canada, have warned since 2019 that antidepressant-linked sexual side effects can persist…
By Lab Report · Aug 26, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A survey of roughly 450 cat owners whose household had recently lost another pet found the surviving cats ate less, slept more and searched…
By Brendan Brown · Aug 26, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The runner’s high was attributed to endorphins for decades, but circulating endorphins cannot readily cross the blood–brain barrier—and…
By Mind & Matter · Aug 26, 2026
Space
The Golden Record's aluminium cover carries a smear of uranium-238 with a half-life of 4.468 billion years, put there so that whoever finds…
By The Long View · Aug 26, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Difficulty asking for help can be more than pride
By Mind & Matter · Aug 26, 2026
Social Sciences
The New York Times reported that 38 people watched Kitty Genovese be stabbed to death in 1964 and did nothing
By The Long View · Aug 26, 2026
Health
People who live past 110 may retain an unusual form of immune resilience
By Lab Report · Aug 26, 2026
Earth & Environment
The US Army made sarin and napalm on 17,000 acres outside Denver, and when biologists surveyed the fenced buffer land in 1986 they found a…
By Brendan Brown · Aug 26, 2026
Earth & Environment
Sea level is climbing faster in southern England partly because land in Scotland is rising
By The Long View · Aug 26, 2026
Health
Sweden ran the health records of 3.4 million adults against its national dog registry for twelve years and found single people who owned a…
By Brendan Brown · Aug 26, 2026
Earth & Environment
Researchers counting sheep under American solar farms as of October 2024 found 113,050 animals already grazing 129,261 acres on 506 sites…
By Brendan Brown · Aug 26, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A three-year online study involving 3,966 adults aged 19 to 94 found that a composite measure of cognitive clarity, emotional wellbeing and…
By Mind & Matter · Aug 26, 2026