Life
A kangaroo joey is born after barely a month in the womb, weighing less than a gram and roughly the size of a jellybean
Aug 15, 2026
August 2026
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Brain & Behavior
The saying that social media leaves you defined by your choices is half right
Aug 15, 2026
Space
Einstein added a cosmological constant to his equations in 1917, later regarded it as one of his great mistakes, and physicists resurrected…
Aug 15, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The signs said to prove you have no life outside work really describe an identity built on a single pillar, and research on self-complexity…
Aug 15, 2026
Physics
Quantum entanglement was supposed to need precisely controlled laser light
Aug 15, 2026
Space
Scientists thought Titan was hiding a global ocean beneath its frozen crust
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…
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…
Aug 14, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Why people revisit old messages: digital records can help test and reconstruct autobiographical memories
Aug 14, 2026
Life Science and Evolution
During a deep-water ocean expedition off Australia, marine biologists identified over 110 new marine species
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…
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…
Aug 14, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The simple habits of people who love their lives are less about luck than attention
Aug 14, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The brain's waste-clearance system becomes especially active during sleep, helping remove proteins linked to Alzheimer's disease
Aug 14, 2026