Health
Sweden ran the health records of 3.4 million adults against its national dog registry for twelve years and found single people who owned a…
By Brendan Brown · Aug 26, 2026
2026
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Earth & Environment
Researchers counting sheep under American solar farms as of October 2024 found 113,050 animals already grazing 129,261 acres on 506 sites…
By Brendan Brown · Aug 26, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A three-year online study involving 3,966 adults aged 19 to 94 found that a composite measure of cognitive clarity, emotional wellbeing and…
By Mind & Matter · Aug 26, 2026
Technology
Antibiotic resistance directly kills more than a million people annually, while antibiotic discovery has stagnated
By Lab Report · Aug 26, 2026
Social Sciences
Researchers surveyed 393 mothers and found nearly nine in ten felt solely responsible for organising the family's schedule, and 65 per cent…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 26, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Finland has now ranked as the world’s happiest country for nine consecutive years, and Oxford-led researchers say its success reflects more…
By The Long View · Aug 26, 2026
Earth & Environment
The 2004 earthquake lifted parts of North Sentinel Island by an estimated one to two metres and exposed its surrounding coral reef
By Natural History · Aug 25, 2026
Life
The Greenland shark may live for nearly four centuries by doing almost everything slowly
By Daniel Moran · Aug 25, 2026
Brain & Behavior
In 1978, researchers interviewed 22 major lottery winners between one and 18 months after their wins and found that they reported no…
By Mind & Matter · Aug 25, 2026
Life
Mammal ancestors were long assumed to lay eggs, until a growth ring inside the thigh bone of a 236-million-year-old Argentine cynodont put…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 25, 2026
Health
Running uphill can demand more energy, but running back downhill can leave the muscles more damaged
By The Long View · Aug 25, 2026
Life
Worker bees filtered 95 percent of a pesticide out of the food they stored on day two and only 86 percent by day ten, and in the same…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 25, 2026
Life
When pandemic traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge fell to levels not seen since the 1950s, San Francisco's white-crowned sparrows quickly…
By Natural History · Aug 25, 2026
Life
Dog owners were 31% less likely to die from cardiovascular causes than non-owners in a major analysis, according to the American Heart…
By Daniel Moran · Aug 25, 2026