Science
In 1859, a geomagnetic storm now called the Carrington Event lit up auroras bright enough to read a newspaper by in the Caribbean, set…
Aug 16, 2026
2026
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Science
A coastal redwood named Hyperion stands 115.9 metres tall in a hidden fold of Redwood National Park, taller than the Statue of Liberty, and…
Aug 16, 2026
Health
Morning sunlight can reset the body clock surprisingly quickly because outdoor light is vastly brighter than most indoor environments
Aug 16, 2026
Life
Scientists have reconstructed the dodo's brain from CT scans of its skull and found an oversized smell centre and forward-facing, owl-like…
By Brendan Brown · Aug 16, 2026
Technology
Waymo's robotaxis have now completed more than 20 million paid rides
By Brendan Brown · Aug 16, 2026
Health
Older adults with a strong sense of purpose showed measurably slower epigenetic ageing on several DNA-based biological clocks
Aug 16, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Decades of navigating relationships may leave older adults with one ability that ageing often spares
Aug 16, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A divorce-prediction equation was 90 percent accurate on the data it was built from, but when it flagged a couple as heading for divorce in…
Aug 16, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Some people in their 80s remember as well as people in their 50s and 60s, and a 2026 Nature study found something extraordinary in their…
Aug 16, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Across 16 studies and 25,471 people, what adults remembered about their childhood agreed poorly with what had been recorded at the time…
Aug 16, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Researchers have held real-time conversations with people while they were asleep and dreaming
Aug 16, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Across studies with more than 14,000 strangers, people underestimated how often a direct request would get a yes by about half, and the…
Aug 16, 2026
Life
A juvenile bar-tailed godwit flew 13,560 kilometres from Alaska to Tasmania in October 2022 without landing once
Aug 16, 2026
Life
Early Neanderthals were probably striking sparks to make fire in England 400,000 years ago
Aug 16, 2026