Life
The famous goal of 10,000 steps a day was never based on science
By Daniel Moran · Aug 3, 2026
August 2026
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Brain & Behavior
The quality we call class lines up with something researchers have a name for
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 3, 2026
Space
The sun is actually white, not yellow — its visible wavelengths reach Earth as white light, but our atmosphere scatters the shorter blue…
By Daniel Moran · Aug 3, 2026
Animals
Brazilian study identifies four Flavobacterium species in 11 aquaculture isolates
Aug 3, 2026
Science
"Lightning never strikes the same place twice" is a comforting saying and a completely false one
By Daniel Moran · Aug 3, 2026
Earth & Environment
In 1987, a barge loaded with three thousand tons of New York garbage set out for a landfill and couldn't find anywhere to dump it
By Daniel Moran · Aug 3, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Scientists found that during a lucid dream, the sleeping brain's prefrontal cortex
By Daniel Moran · Aug 3, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The English words "cow," "pig," and "sheep" come from Anglo-Saxon
By Daniel Moran · Aug 3, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A Yale study that followed more than 3,600 older adults for twelve years found that book readers outlived non-readers by almost two years…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 3, 2026
Science
UC Riverside physicists show thermal cameras could boost LIGO sensitivity by up to 31% and increase its neutron-star detection range by…
Aug 3, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A single bout of moderate exercise can raise BDNF in older adults
By Jeanette Brown · Aug 3, 2026
Brain & Behavior
We tend to imagine happiness as a life of rest and leisure
By Brendan Brown · Aug 3, 2026
Brain & Behavior
What makes someone attractive is far less fixed than we assume
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 3, 2026
Space
The Soviet Lunokhod 1 rover went silent on the Moon in 1971, then scientists found its lost reflector in 2010 and got a signal bright…
By Brendan Brown · Aug 3, 2026