Brain & Behavior
Why retirement can make the question 'What do you do?' unexpectedly difficult
By Mind & Matter · Aug 9, 2026
August 2026
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Brain & Behavior
Quote by Anne Lamott: Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you
By Mind & Matter · Aug 9, 2026
Life
In 2016, someone walking past a drying pond in Thailand noticed a few strange rocks
By Daniel Moran · Aug 9, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Long before a baby can crawl, walk, or speak a single word, something in its body already seems to know what to fear
By Daniel Moran · Aug 9, 2026
Brain & Behavior
You don't need to be agreeable all the time, and the research explains why
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 9, 2026
Life
In 1912, a German meteorologist named Alfred Wegener stood in front of the Geological Association in Frankfurt and argued that the…
By The Long View · Aug 9, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The claim that people over 70 who love solitude are among the happiest in society is half right
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 9, 2026
Space
Titan has rivers, rainfall, lakes and a slow hydrological cycle remarkably like Earth's
By Brendan Brown · Aug 9, 2026
Earth & Environment
Everest is the highest mountain on Earth above sea level, but a volcano in Ecuador called Chimborazo beats it by more than 2,000 metres…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 9, 2026
Science
A dinosaur skull dug up with a Tyrannosaurus tooth still embedded in its face has given scientists something almost impossibly rare
By Brendan Brown · Aug 9, 2026
Space
Astronauts come home from the space station up to two inches taller than when they left
By Brendan Brown · Aug 9, 2026
Health
Walking on sand burns up to 2.5 times more energy than walking on pavement, which means a 30-minute barefoot beach stroll is a more…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 9, 2026
Health
Pregnancy does not end at birth in the clean biological way we imagine
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 9, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The foods older people love and younger people find strange are explained by two things
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 9, 2026