Life
In a Duke University experiment, spotted hyenas were given a rope-pulling task requiring two animals to coordinate without prior training
By Natural History · Aug 18, 2026
August 2026
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Brain & Behavior
A 2015 study found that verbal intelligence uniquely predicted both worry and rumination
By Mind & Matter · Aug 18, 2026
Life
A male lion spends much of his life resting and may even displace lionesses from kills they caught
By Natural History · Aug 18, 2026
Popular
A sheet of paper is about a tenth of a millimetre thick, but doubling it only twenty-seven times builds a stack taller than Mount Everest
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 18, 2026
Health
A Mayo Clinic AI re-analysed CT scans that had originally been read as normal
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 18, 2026
Life
A lion’s heart makes up only about half a percent of its body weight. A spotted hyena’s is close to one percent
By Natural History · Aug 18, 2026
Physics
A fully loaded jumbo jet can glide at essentially the same angle as an empty one after losing all its engines
By The Long View · Aug 18, 2026
Earth & Environment
The advantages of slow travel are not mainly about virtue
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 18, 2026
Physics
Every time a raindrop sticks and slips as it runs down a surface, it can generate a tiny electrical charge
By The Long View · Aug 18, 2026
Earth & Environment
If West Antarctica's ice sheet collapsed, the U.S. East Coast would gain more than the coast nearest the ice
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 18, 2026
Uncategorized
A study of over 3,000 married couples found that the more people spent on the engagement ring and wedding, the more likely they were to…
By Kiran Journals · Aug 18, 2026
Earth & Environment
An avocado takes about 70 litres of applied fresh water to grow on average, but in Chile's dry Valparaíso region the figure has been…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 18, 2026
Health
A suspenseful show ending on a cliffhanger raises heart rate and cortisol before bed
By The Long View · Aug 17, 2026
Health
Yale researchers followed 3,635 people aged 50 and older for up to 12 years and found that those reading books for more than 3.5 hours a…
By The Long View · Aug 17, 2026