Brain & Behavior
Small MRI studies have linked introversion with greater gray-matter volume or thickness in certain prefrontal regions involved in cognitive…
Sep 4, 2026
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Life
Eight of ten blue-throated macaws slid a feeder door upward after watching another macaw do it, and not one of the five tested without a…
Sep 4, 2026
Technology
In 1945, Raytheon engineer Percy Spencer noticed a candy bar melting in his pocket while he worked near a radar magnetron
Sep 4, 2026
Space
SpaceX’s Starship V3 produces more thrust than Saturn V and SLS Block 1 combined
Sep 4, 2026
Health
In 2022, a 17-year-old built a $300 thought-controlled prosthetic arm
Sep 4, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Compared with younger adults, older adults' language networks showed no detectable difference in how closely they matched a normative…
Sep 4, 2026
Health
In a laboratory experiment, an hour-long immersion in 14°C water increased young men’s plasma noradrenaline by 530% and dopamine by 250%…
Sep 4, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Sustained concentration eventually produces fatigue, and deliberate breaks can restore energy and attention
Sep 4, 2026
Earth & Environment
In 2012, engineers in India's Gujarat state built one of the world's first solar arrays directly over an irrigation canal instead of on…
By Ainura Kalau · Sep 4, 2026
Social Sciences
A woman hired at 84 into a temporary National Park Service role in Richmond, California, became a permanent ranger at 89 and gave her last…
Sep 4, 2026
Life
In 1959, and again in 1971, South Korea imported American bullfrogs to be raised as food, but the business never took off
Sep 4, 2026
Earth & Environment
In 2016, German researchers began raising a solar array five meters above a working farm field in Heggelbach, and when the first growing…
By Ainura Kalau · Sep 4, 2026
Social Sciences
In 1994, the last Coast Guard keepers left New Dungeness Lighthouse
Sep 4, 2026
Earth & Environment
In southern France, a company called Sun'Agri has bolted solar panels that tilt on command above rows of wine grapes, and in a trial…
By Ainura Kalau · Sep 4, 2026