Life
A single teaspoon of soil from a healthy forest floor contains more living organisms
Aug 26, 2026
2026
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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
Health
Doctors have long advised many atrial-fibrillation patients to avoid coffee
Aug 26, 2026
Earth & Environment
Six North American wind farms let their blades sit idle until the wind passed 5 meters per second and bat deaths fell by 62 percent…
By Brendan Brown · Aug 26, 2026
Health
Seven drug regulators, including the EU, UK, and Canada, have warned since 2019 that antidepressant-linked sexual side effects can persist…
Aug 26, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A survey of roughly 450 cat owners whose household had recently lost another pet found the surviving cats ate less, slept more and searched…
By Brendan Brown · Aug 26, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The runner’s high was attributed to endorphins for decades, but circulating endorphins cannot readily cross the blood–brain barrier—and…
Aug 26, 2026
Space
The Golden Record's aluminium cover carries a smear of uranium-238 with a half-life of 4.468 billion years, put there so that whoever finds…
Aug 26, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Difficulty asking for help can be more than pride
Aug 26, 2026
Social Sciences
The New York Times reported that 38 people watched Kitty Genovese be stabbed to death in 1964 and did nothing
Aug 26, 2026
Health
People who live past 110 may retain an unusual form of immune resilience
Aug 26, 2026