Earth & Environment
An avocado takes about 70 litres of applied fresh water to grow on average, but in Chile's dry Valparaíso region the figure has been…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 18, 2026
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Health
A suspenseful show ending on a cliffhanger raises heart rate and cortisol before bed
By The Long View · Aug 17, 2026
Health
Yale researchers followed 3,635 people aged 50 and older for up to 12 years and found that those reading books for more than 3.5 hours a…
By The Long View · Aug 17, 2026
Life
Dolphins off Western Australia carry sea sponges on their beaks while foraging along the ocean floor
By Daniel Moran · Aug 17, 2026
Earth & Environment
The man who drew the first geological map of an entire country spent twenty-eight years surveying it, sold his fossil collection to the…
By The Long View · Aug 17, 2026
Earth & Environment
The oldest wooden structure ever found is two logs joined by a deliberately cut notch at Kalambo Falls in Zambia, dated to at least 476,000…
By Lab Report · Aug 17, 2026
Health
There were no fermentation tanks in 1940, so the first penicillin was grown in hundreds of stackable ceramic vessels modelled on hospital…
By The Long View · Aug 17, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The clearest psychological benefit of working from home is what it removes
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 17, 2026
Earth & Environment
A rocky outcrop on the shore of Hudson Bay in northern Quebec contains the oldest known intact rocks on Earth, dated to at least 4.16…
By The Long View · Aug 17, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The workplace communication skills that separate high performers from average ones are not the flashy ones
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 17, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Dominating a conversation does more damage than seeming self-absorbed
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 17, 2026
Earth & Environment
Earth’s largest waterfall has no visible spray and no tourist overlook
By The Long View · Aug 17, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Deep unhappiness is more common among women than men, and the reasons are mostly circumstantial rather than a matter of temperament
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 17, 2026
Space
Enceladus sprays water, phosphates, molecular hydrogen and complex organics straight out of its buried ocean
By The Long View · Aug 17, 2026