Life
A worm frozen in Siberian permafrost for 46,000 years
By Brendan Brown · Aug 22, 2026
2026
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Brain & Behavior
American men’s friendship circles shrank dramatically between 1990 and 2021
By Mind & Matter · Aug 22, 2026
Earth & Environment
Humans have visually observed less than 0.001 percent of the deep ocean floor
By The Long View · Aug 22, 2026
Social Sciences
China's population peaked at about 1.41 billion in 2021 and the UN projects it will fall to about 633 million by 2100
By The Long View · Aug 22, 2026
Life
Researchers moved an artificial flower to the ceiling and watched bumblebees roll a ball underneath, climb onto it, and reach the reward
By Natural History · Aug 22, 2026
Physics
Start with one cent on day one and double it every day, and by day 30 you would have $5,368,709.12
By The Long View · Aug 22, 2026
Life
Reindeer rebuild the reflective tissue behind their eyes from gold in summer to deep blue in winter
By Natural History · Aug 22, 2026
Life
While a zebra finch sings, the two halves of its brain coordinate within a fraction of a millisecond
By Natural History · Aug 21, 2026
Earth & Environment
Researchers following 196 radio-tagged sea otters off California found that otters using rocks, shells and other objects as tools could…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 21, 2026
Space
A laser array on Earth could one day push a gram-scale spacecraft to roughly 20% of the speed of light
By The Long View · Aug 21, 2026
Life
Young reef octopuses do not slap every fish that gets close
By Natural History · Aug 21, 2026
Life
An accidental laboratory flood revealed that hibernating queen bumblebees can survive completely underwater for seven days
By Natural History · Aug 21, 2026
Life
A radio backpack lighter than a raindrop is now riding on monarch butterflies
By Brendan Brown · Aug 21, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Primatologist Shirley Strum has spent more than fifty years following the same olive baboons in Kenya, and what she found was not a…
By Mind & Matter · Aug 21, 2026