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
Aug 18, 2026
2026
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Physics
A fully loaded jumbo jet can glide at essentially the same angle as an empty one after losing all its engines
Aug 18, 2026
Earth & Environment
The advantages of slow travel are not mainly about virtue
Aug 18, 2026
Physics
Every time a raindrop sticks and slips as it runs down a surface, it can generate a tiny electrical charge
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
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
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…
Aug 18, 2026
Health
A suspenseful show ending on a cliffhanger raises heart rate and cortisol before bed
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…
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…
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…
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…
Aug 17, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The clearest psychological benefit of working from home is what it removes
Aug 17, 2026