Earth & Environment
If you compressed Earth's entire atmosphere down to sea-level density, it would form a shell only about eight kilometres thick around a…
By The Long View · Aug 22, 2026
August 2026
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Earth & Environment
Singapore treats trees as more than decoration
By Daniel Moran · Aug 22, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A 2026 analysis of 488,765 people followed for as long as 32 years found that a stronger sense of purpose in life was associated with about…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 22, 2026
Life
A fragment of fossil thigh bone was the only piece carrying this specimen's collection number, and losing it hid where the animal came from…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 22, 2026
Life
South Korean men born in 1996 were estimated to be about 15.2 centimetres taller than men born there in 1896
By Lab Report · Aug 22, 2026
Health
Sleep apnea starts with a blocked airway, but some of the damage may travel through the gut
By The Long View · Aug 22, 2026
Technology
James Dyson went through 5,127 prototypes while developing his cyclonic bagless vacuum cleaner
By The Long View · Aug 22, 2026
Health
A natural experiment involving more than 280,000 Welsh adults found that shingles vaccination cut new dementia diagnoses by 20% over seven…
By The Long View · Aug 22, 2026
Life
The textbook reason insects never colonised the deep ocean is that water pressure would crush their airways
By Brendan Brown · Aug 22, 2026
Earth & Environment
Americans throw away 50,000 mattresses every day, and what makes them a landfill nightmare isn't the foam or chemicals
By Brendan Brown · Aug 22, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A 2026 study has added to evidence that the gut microbiome may be linked to human cognition, finding genetic signatures associated with…
By Mind & Matter · Aug 22, 2026
Life
A worm frozen in Siberian permafrost for 46,000 years
By Brendan Brown · Aug 22, 2026
Brain & Behavior
American men’s friendship circles shrank dramatically between 1990 and 2021
By Mind & Matter · Aug 22, 2026
Earth & Environment
Humans have visually observed less than 0.001 percent of the deep ocean floor
By The Long View · Aug 22, 2026