Science
Told to cut waste at his Pittsburgh middle school, a 14-year-old measured how much of a page each of four fonts actually covered and found…
Sep 3, 2026
2026
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Social Sciences
A Colorado ski area retired all 220 chairs from a lift installed in 1972 when it replaced the old lift
Sep 3, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Appearances can be deceiving: the psychology of why we misjudge people in a tenth of a second
Sep 3, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Facial symmetry was long considered an important ingredient of attractiveness—but a 2024 analysis of 1,550 faces across ten countries found…
Sep 3, 2026
Health
In a small 2025 study, young men running before breakfast used significantly more fat as fuel than when running after breakfast, despite…
Sep 3, 2026
Earth & Environment
A recycling operation in Louisiana grinds discarded glass into sand and used 50 tons of it in burlap sacks to build a 300-foot berm along…
Sep 3, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A 2025 study tracking more than 1,600 adults found that feeling optimistic and energised predicted stronger self-control one to six months…
Sep 3, 2026
Life
On Christmas Day in 1900, 27 people went out to count birds instead of shooting them
Sep 3, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The brain’s adolescent-like wiring phase may continue until the early thirties
Sep 2, 2026
Life
A coyote somehow swam two miles to Alcatraz, vanished before cameras could find him again, and DNA in his droppings revealed he had crossed…
Sep 2, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A Microsoft Research and Carnegie Mellon survey of 319 knowledge workers found that the more confidence people placed in AI’s ability to…
Sep 2, 2026
Life
A four-kilogram miniature dachshund survived 529 days alone on Kangaroo Island
By Daniel Moran · Sep 2, 2026
Life
Alligator blood can inhibit HIV and kill drug-resistant bacteria in laboratory tests
By Daniel Moran · Sep 2, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Thought of the day from Stoic philosopher Epictetus: "no man can rob us of our free will"
Sep 2, 2026