Brain & Behavior
Thought of the day from Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius
By Mal James · Aug 9, 2026
August 2026
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Brain & Behavior
The research on niceness cuts both ways: being agreeable is linked to a happier life and stronger relationships but also to lower pay and…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 9, 2026
Earth & Environment
The fluffy white cumulus cloud drifting over your house right now weighs roughly 500 tonnes, the equivalent of 100 elephants, yet it floats…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 9, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The fear of letting go is partly an accounting error
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 9, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Joy behaves less like luck than like a skill
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 9, 2026
Brain & Behavior
If you feel like you are falling apart while everyone else seems fine, the research has a quietly reassuring finding
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 9, 2026
Life
Some common swifts leave their nesting sites and do not land again for ten months, remaining airborne throughout migration and their entire…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 9, 2026
Life
A wolf's howl can carry more than 6 miles in open country
By Mal James · Aug 9, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The Korean alphabet is the only one on Earth with a known inventor and a written explanation for why every letter looks the way it does
By Daniel Moran · Aug 9, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Thought of the day from Stoic philosopher Seneca
By Mal James · Aug 8, 2026
Technology
The boiling river of the Peruvian Amazon runs hot enough to cook small animals that fall in, reaching 86 degrees Celsius along a four-mile…
By Natural History · Aug 8, 2026
Technology
In 1970, Soviet engineers landed a bathtub-sized rover called Lunokhod 1 on the Sea of Rains, drove it 10.5 kilometres across the lunar…
By The Long View · Aug 8, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Dog and owner stress hormones rose and fell together across summer and winter, but the famous study came from Sweden, not Vienna
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 8, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Becoming a better person depends less on character than we assume
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 8, 2026