Life
When a human and a dog gaze into each other's eyes, both of them release oxytocin
By Brendan Brown · Aug 19, 2026
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Life
In the spring of 2022, a Cornell lab technician who'd been parking for free near an Ithaca cemetery and cutting through it on her walk to…
Aug 19, 2026
Space
Titan is the only world beyond Earth where you could step outside without a pressure suit
Aug 19, 2026
Physics
Two and a half kilometres beneath the Antarctic ice, a cubic kilometre of frozen water has been wired with 5,160 light sensors, turning the…
By Brendan Brown · Aug 19, 2026
Technology
Singapore ranked first in Counterpoint Research’s 2025 Global AI Cities Index, ahead of Seoul, Beijing and San Francisco
Aug 19, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The human brain is so desperate to find patterns that it will reliably see faces in clouds, hear words in static, and detect meaning in…
By Kiran Journals · Aug 19, 2026
Life
Somewhere between 18 and 35 percent of people sneeze when they step into bright sunlight, but nobody has established how light hitting the…
Aug 19, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The case for regular travel is usually made in the language of bucket lists, but the evidence points to something more everyday
Aug 19, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Jealousy feels like it is guarding the relationship, but the research suggests it is largely futile
Aug 19, 2026
Health
Researchers followed more than 71,000 people and found that the most optimistic were up to 70% more likely to live past 85 than the least…
Aug 19, 2026
Health
Bone health is the part of your body almost nobody thinks about until something breaks, but the science on why it matters and what actually…
Aug 19, 2026
Brain & Behavior
No other animal is known to blush from embarrassment, and you can't simply fake or suppress it
Aug 19, 2026
Physics
The bubbles in a settling pint of Guinness really do travel downwards, and it is not a trick of the eye
Aug 19, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A psychologist went to Arctic Norway expecting two months of winter darkness to make people miserable
Aug 19, 2026