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Scientists documented 1,121 previously unknown marine species in a single year
Aug 15, 2026
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The Paradoxical Politics of Climate
By Josh Mitteldorf · Aug 15, 2026
Brain & Behavior
When the Soviet Union invaded Finland in the winter of 1939, expecting the country to collapse within weeks, the Finns held out for 105…
By Daniel Moran · Aug 15, 2026
Space
The Sun’s outer atmosphere is roughly 200 times hotter than its visible surface
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 15, 2026
Health
Research suggests runners have a 25 to 40 percent lower risk of premature death and live roughly three years longer than non-runners
Aug 15, 2026
Space
A comet from another star system arrived in our solar system in July 2025 carrying water ice from a planetary system that formed billions…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 15, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Nobel laureate James Heckman’s research found that IQ accounts for only around 1–2% of differences in income, while traits such as…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 15, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Scientists who narrowly missed out on an NIH grant were 6.1% more likely to produce a top-5%-cited paper over the following decade than…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 15, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Scientists long blamed infantile amnesia on an immature hippocampus that couldn't properly make memories
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 15, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Researchers found that generosity doesn't necessarily stop with the person who receives it
Aug 15, 2026
Space
Voyager 1 is whispering back to Earth with a radio transmitter about as powerful as a refrigerator light bulb, from roughly 16 billion…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 15, 2026
Health
Dogs can smell some chemicals at concentrations approaching one part per trillion
Aug 15, 2026
Space
In 2016, SpaceX said it would land an uncrewed spacecraft on Mars as soon as 2018. In 2017, Musk moved the first cargo landings to 2022. In…
Aug 15, 2026
Life
Scientists in July 2026 confirmed a new monkey species in the Congo rainforest
Aug 15, 2026