Life
Dolphins off Western Australia carry sea sponges on their beaks while foraging along the ocean floor
By Daniel Moran · Aug 17, 2026
August 2026
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Earth & Environment
The man who drew the first geological map of an entire country spent twenty-eight years surveying it, sold his fossil collection to the…
By The Long View · Aug 17, 2026
Earth & Environment
The oldest wooden structure ever found is two logs joined by a deliberately cut notch at Kalambo Falls in Zambia, dated to at least 476,000…
By Lab Report · Aug 17, 2026
Health
There were no fermentation tanks in 1940, so the first penicillin was grown in hundreds of stackable ceramic vessels modelled on hospital…
By The Long View · Aug 17, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The clearest psychological benefit of working from home is what it removes
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 17, 2026
Earth & Environment
A rocky outcrop on the shore of Hudson Bay in northern Quebec contains the oldest known intact rocks on Earth, dated to at least 4.16…
By The Long View · Aug 17, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The workplace communication skills that separate high performers from average ones are not the flashy ones
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 17, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Dominating a conversation does more damage than seeming self-absorbed
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 17, 2026
Earth & Environment
Earth’s largest waterfall has no visible spray and no tourist overlook
By The Long View · Aug 17, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Deep unhappiness is more common among women than men, and the reasons are mostly circumstantial rather than a matter of temperament
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 17, 2026
Space
Enceladus sprays water, phosphates, molecular hydrogen and complex organics straight out of its buried ocean
By The Long View · Aug 17, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Dolphins sleep with half a brain at a time
By Mind & Matter · Aug 17, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Stopping a non-stop talker feels rude because conversation runs on split-second turn-taking that a monologue overrides
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 17, 2026
Life
A jellyfish smaller than a pinky fingernail has spread to every ocean on Earth, almost certainly by hitchhiking inside ship ballast water…
By Brendan Brown · Aug 17, 2026