Brain & Behavior
A year is 20% of a five-year-old's life but only 2% of a 50-year-old's
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 18, 2026
2026
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Brain & Behavior
For some older adults, caring for an animal may do more than add walks and routine
By Daniel Moran · Aug 18, 2026
Biology
Researchers found that people who spoke two or more languages developed dementia symptoms about 4.5 years later than those who spoke only…
By Daniel Moran · Aug 18, 2026
Life
In a Duke University experiment, spotted hyenas were given a rope-pulling task requiring two animals to coordinate without prior training
By Natural History · Aug 18, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A 2015 study found that verbal intelligence uniquely predicted both worry and rumination
By Mind & Matter · Aug 18, 2026
Life
A male lion spends much of his life resting and may even displace lionesses from kills they caught
By Natural History · Aug 18, 2026
Popular
A sheet of paper is about a tenth of a millimetre thick, but doubling it only twenty-seven times builds a stack taller than Mount Everest
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 18, 2026
Health
A Mayo Clinic AI re-analysed CT scans that had originally been read as normal
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 18, 2026
Life
A lion’s heart makes up only about half a percent of its body weight. A spotted hyena’s is close to one percent
By Natural History · Aug 18, 2026
Physics
A fully loaded jumbo jet can glide at essentially the same angle as an empty one after losing all its engines
By The Long View · Aug 18, 2026
Earth & Environment
The advantages of slow travel are not mainly about virtue
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 18, 2026
Physics
Every time a raindrop sticks and slips as it runs down a surface, it can generate a tiny electrical charge
By The Long View · Aug 18, 2026
Earth & Environment
If West Antarctica's ice sheet collapsed, the U.S. East Coast would gain more than the coast nearest the ice
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 18, 2026
Uncategorized
A study of over 3,000 married couples found that the more people spent on the engagement ring and wedding, the more likely they were to…
By Kiran Journals · Aug 18, 2026