Science
The Antikythera mechanism recovered from a Roman shipwreck in 1901 turned out to be a hand-cranked bronze computer that could predict…
By Brendan Brown · Aug 3, 2026
August 2026
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Brain & Behavior
The size of a person's vocabulary is one of the best single predictors of their general intelligence, not because big words make anyone…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 3, 2026
Health
A 2025 randomised controlled trial found a two-week Stoic exercise programme produced significantly lower depression symptoms than no…
Aug 3, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A meta-analysis pooling 99 studies and more than 100 samples found that autonomy, doing things because they genuinely reflect one's own…
Aug 3, 2026
Health
Tracking more than 10,000 adults for up to two decades, researchers found active people were 30 to 50 percent more likely to feel younger…
Aug 3, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The claim that the nicest people end up the loneliest has spread widely this year, and the largest meta-analysis on personality and…
Aug 2, 2026
Brain & Behavior
People who quietly wave off a hearing aid as they get older are rarely being vain, and untreated hearing loss is now ranked level with high…
Aug 2, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A 2010 study tracking 2,628 first meetings found narcissists were rated more likeable through grooming and confident body language alone…
Aug 2, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A 2018 simulation of 1,000 workers with normally distributed talent found the single most successful person across 100 runs had only…
Aug 2, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A 1979 study found married couples estimating their share of household chores gave answers that summed to well over 100 percent, because…
Aug 2, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A 2001 Psychological Review paper found that self-worth tied to other people's approval, not the overall amount of self-worth a person has…
Aug 2, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The marshmallow test, redone with ten times as many children, found that a four-year-old's willpower mostly stopped predicting teenage…
By Brendan Brown · Aug 2, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The viral 2010 power posing study claimed two minutes of an expansive stance changes testosterone and cortisol, but a 2015 replication with…
Aug 2, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A 1999 study found that people whose posture and mannerisms were subtly mirrored during a conversation rated their partner as more likable…
Aug 2, 2026