Life
Male Adélie penguins really do offer females a pebble as a mating gift, but the sweeter version of that story leaves out the rest of colony…
Aug 27, 2026
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Brain & Behavior
The surprising result from the University of Basel’s new Nature study is not merely that silencing two populations of sleep-drive neurons…
Aug 26, 2026
Life
In July 2025, scientists revealed that the Chinese submersible Fendouzhe had discovered thousands of tubeworms and clams thriving 9,533…
Aug 26, 2026
Life
Crows can memorise the face of a person who wronged them, hold the grudge for as long as 17 years, and teach it to their own chicks and…
By Kiran Journals · Aug 26, 2026
Brain & Behavior
If you retire at 65 and live to 90, you may have around 1,300 ordinary Tuesdays ahead of you
By Jeanette Brown · Aug 26, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Peppercorn-sized clusters of human brain cells survived in laboratory dishes for nearly six years, with some reportedly reaching seven
Aug 26, 2026
Brain & Behavior
In a 2013 experiment, mice spent two hours a day in near-total silence
Aug 26, 2026
Life
Researchers at the University of St Andrews spent decades filming wild New Caledonian crows and documented individuals sculpting forked…
Aug 26, 2026
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Thought of the day from Stoic philosopher Seneca: "hold every hour in your grasp
By Mal James · Aug 26, 2026
Life
A single teaspoon of soil from a healthy forest floor contains more living organisms
Aug 26, 2026
Brain & Behavior
MIT neuroscientists silenced a tiny region of rats’ prefrontal cortex for just seconds, and an ingrained habit stopped controlling their…
Aug 26, 2026
Space
Webb detected methane on 3I/ATLAS after the interstellar comet swept past the Sun in 2025—the first methane ever found on a visitor from…
Aug 26, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Speaking several languages may be linked to younger patterns of brain connectivity
Aug 26, 2026
Life
In Kobe, a ten-year-old who hand-raised swallowtails trained his caterpillars to hate the smell of lavender, then watched the butterflies…
By Brendan Brown · Aug 26, 2026