Earth & Environment
A blue whale's call, pitched so low it sits below the threshold of human hearing, can travel 1,600 kilometres through the ocean's deep…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 13, 2026
August 2026
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Earth & Environment
Off the coast of Sicily this month, a fisherman named Giacomo De Mola noticed something odd on his sonar and dove in anyway
Aug 13, 2026
Life
Scientists tracked wild honey bees with a drone-based system and found each bee flies its own personal route and repeats it with stunning…
By Brendan Brown · Aug 13, 2026
Brain & Behavior
People who are genuinely comfortable being alone aren’t antisocial or disconnected— solitude may simply be the first place they stopped…
By Jeanette Brown · Aug 13, 2026
Health
For years, blood samples in a Bonn lab kept sticking to the magnets researchers used to sort cells, an annoyance nobody could explain
Aug 13, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Two people can spend exactly the same amount of time alone and experience it completely differently
Aug 13, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A 2025 Scientific Reports meta-analysis covering nearly 5,000 participants found social media abstinence produced no significant change in…
Aug 13, 2026
Science
Americans ranked third and fourth in the world for men's and women's height a century ago, but a study of 18.6 million adults in 200…
By Mal James · Aug 13, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Darwin spent part of almost every day walking his secluded “Thinking Path” at Down House, turning ideas over in his mind
Aug 13, 2026
Earth & Environment
In 1815, a volcano erupted with such violence that temperatures fell across the planet, crops failed thousands of miles away, and the…
By Ainura Kalau · Aug 12, 2026
Life
The human genome carries surprisingly little genetic diversity for a species of eight billion
Aug 12, 2026
Brain & Behavior
When psychologist Daniel Goleman asked an AI system whether it experiences emotion, it told him it has 'no racing heart, no tightening…
By Nato Lagidze · Aug 12, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Being seen as low-maintenance does not guarantee reciprocal connection in later life
Aug 12, 2026
Space
From space, the Sun is white — the yellow colour we see from Earth is our own atmosphere scattering away blue wavelengths, the same physics…
Aug 12, 2026