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
August 2026
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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…
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…
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…
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
Brain & Behavior
Research suggests people who handwrite lists and people who use phone apps process their entire day differently
By Brendan Brown · Aug 4, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The internet treats returning your shopping cart as the ultimate test of character, but the psychology of small unwatched good deeds says…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 4, 2026
Uncategorized
Pan-Psychicism? Are paranormal powers universal?
By Josh Mitteldorf · Aug 4, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A 2005 study found that people given fewer design materials to work with produced more original solutions than people given a wider…
Aug 4, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A 2010 study found that imagining a plan has already failed, in the past tense, reduced participants' overconfidence by roughly 25 points…
Aug 4, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Eat the fartons, skip the small talk: the same rule that keeps you from wasting a dessert can keep you from wasting a friendship
By Nato Lagidze · Aug 4, 2026