Space
Enceladus sprays water, phosphates, molecular hydrogen and complex organics straight out of its buried ocean
Aug 17, 2026
August 2026
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Brain & Behavior
Dolphins sleep with half a brain at a time
Aug 17, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Stopping a non-stop talker feels rude because conversation runs on split-second turn-taking that a monologue overrides
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
Brain & Behavior
Something unusual is happening to young people in the English-speaking West
Aug 17, 2026
Life
The Nicobar pigeon, a flighted bird native to Southeast Asia, is the dodo's closest living relative
Aug 17, 2026
Life
Humans are mediocre sprinters, but in 36–41°C heat researchers watched a hunter pursue an oryx until the animal's body reached 44°C while…
Aug 17, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The traits we use to spot a future leader, confidence, charisma, the person who commands the room, mostly predict who gets picked, not who…
Aug 17, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Something strange happened to American children after 1990
Aug 17, 2026
Space
For decades, scientists believed Titan hid a vast global ocean beneath its frozen crust
Aug 17, 2026
Earth & Environment
Earth's inner core has begun drifting backward relative to the surface after decades of moving slightly faster
Aug 17, 2026
Space
In December 2025, startup Starcloud trained the first large language model ever trained in orbit, using an NVIDIA H100
Aug 17, 2026
Earth & Environment
The Amazon is often called “the lungs of the Earth,” but a mature rainforest's net oxygen contribution is close to zero
Aug 17, 2026
Life
There is a ligament in the back of your neck that seems to be part of humanity's ancient running equipment
Aug 16, 2026