Space
When Soviet cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev launched to the Mir station in May 1991 from Baikonur in the Kazakh SSR, he was a citizen of the…
By The Long View · Aug 5, 2026
August 2026
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Physics
Maya astronomers calculated the length of the solar year to within roughly 17 seconds of the figure we use today, using no telescopes, no…
By Daniel Moran · Aug 5, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A Stanford study on persuasion found that the person most likely to have their mind changed in a disagreement isn't the one who argues…
By Daniel Moran · Aug 5, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Psychology suggests people who browse social media but never post or comment aren't passive
By Brendan Brown · Aug 5, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Anhedonia and low mood are measured separately, and they do not always improve at the same rate
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 5, 2026
Health
A 2008 trial randomly assigned sedentary young adults reporting persistent fatigue to six weeks of exercise, and found the low-intensity…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 5, 2026
Climate Change
Copernicus satellite data puts Spain's 2026 burned area at over 200,000 hectares, the largest of any EU nation, and the evacuation orders…
By Nato Lagidze · Aug 5, 2026
Life
The octopus bloom off Devon and Cornwall is only the fourth time this has happened in 125 years, and UK fishermen have landed more than…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 5, 2026
Brain & Behavior
People with broad vocabularies often score higher on intelligence tests, but no word can identify a smart person
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 4, 2026
Earth & Environment
Scientists tracked coral on Japanese breakwaters for twenty nine years, and after a major bleaching event the artificial structures…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 4, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Intelligent people can still be surprisingly bad at knowing when they are wrong, because solving a problem and judging the reliability of…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 4, 2026
Science
In 1868, a French astronomer studying a solar eclipse from India spotted a yellow spectral line at 587 nanometres that matched no element…
By The Long View · Aug 4, 2026
Social Sciences
Being single is becoming the norm rather than a phase
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 4, 2026
Life
Dogs are supposed to steal forbidden food more often when their owner's eyes are closed, and when researchers ran the test on hunting dogs…
By Chris Jeremia · Aug 4, 2026