Physics
Quantum entanglement was supposed to need precisely controlled laser light
By Lab Report · Aug 15, 2026
August 2026
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Space
Scientists thought Titan was hiding a global ocean beneath its frozen crust
By The Long View · Aug 15, 2026
Technology
Microsoft's AI diagnostic system correctly solved up to 85.5% of 304 exceptionally difficult medical cases adapted from the New England…
By Lab Report · Aug 14, 2026
Social Sciences
In 1984, peat cutters in Cheshire hit something rubbery with a mechanical shovel and pulled up a man who had been strangled, struck on the…
By The Long View · Aug 14, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Why people revisit old messages: digital records can help test and reconstruct autobiographical memories
By Mind & Matter · Aug 14, 2026
Life Science and Evolution
During a deep-water ocean expedition off Australia, marine biologists identified over 110 new marine species
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 14, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Scientists have long known that larger brains tend to contain more biological machinery, and brain size shows a modest correlation with…
By Mind & Matter · Aug 14, 2026
Earth & Environment
Every year, roughly 27.7 million tonnes of dust lift off the Bodélé Depression in Chad, cross 5,000 kilometres of Atlantic Ocean, and…
By Natural History · Aug 14, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The simple habits of people who love their lives are less about luck than attention
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 14, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The brain's waste-clearance system becomes especially active during sleep, helping remove proteins linked to Alzheimer's disease
By Mind & Matter · Aug 14, 2026
Life
More than 80% of Tibetans carry a high-altitude adaptation inherited from Denisovans—an extinct human lineage first identified from DNA in…
By Natural History · Aug 14, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The real signs you're an introvert performing extroversion are not how you look in the room but what runs underneath
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 14, 2026
Earth & Environment
Rain fell across part of the Atacama Desert in 2015 and again in 2017 after roughly five centuries without it, but instead of reviving the…
By Natural History · Aug 14, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Research distinguishes secure self-esteem from fragile high self-esteem that can become defensive when challenged
By Kiran Journals · Aug 14, 2026