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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
August 2026
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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…
Aug 18, 2026
Health
A suspenseful show ending on a cliffhanger raises heart rate and cortisol before bed
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…
Aug 17, 2026
Life
Dolphins off Western Australia carry sea sponges on their beaks while foraging along the ocean floor
By Daniel Moran · Aug 17, 2026
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…
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…
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…
Aug 17, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The clearest psychological benefit of working from home is what it removes
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…
Aug 17, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The workplace communication skills that separate high performers from average ones are not the flashy ones
Aug 17, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Dominating a conversation does more damage than seeming self-absorbed
Aug 17, 2026
Earth & Environment
Earth’s largest waterfall has no visible spray and no tourist overlook
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
Aug 17, 2026