Life Science and Evolution
During a deep-water ocean expedition off Australia, marine biologists identified over 110 new marine species
Aug 14, 2026
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Brain & Behavior
Scientists have long known that larger brains tend to contain more biological machinery, and brain size shows a modest correlation with…
Aug 14, 2026
Earth & Environment
Every year, roughly 27.7 million tonnes of dust lift off the Bodélé Depression in Chad, cross 5,000 kilometres of Atlantic Ocean, and…
Aug 14, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The simple habits of people who love their lives are less about luck than attention
Aug 14, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The brain's waste-clearance system becomes especially active during sleep, helping remove proteins linked to Alzheimer's disease
Aug 14, 2026
Life
More than 80% of Tibetans carry a high-altitude adaptation inherited from Denisovans—an extinct human lineage first identified from DNA in…
Aug 14, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The real signs you're an introvert performing extroversion are not how you look in the room but what runs underneath
Aug 14, 2026
Earth & Environment
Rain fell across part of the Atacama Desert in 2015 and again in 2017 after roughly five centuries without it, but instead of reviving the…
Aug 14, 2026
Brain & Behavior
For decades, runner's high was blamed on endorphins, even though circulating endorphins have difficulty crossing the blood-brain barrier
Aug 14, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Research distinguishes secure self-esteem from fragile high self-esteem that can become defensive when challenged
By Kiran Journals · Aug 14, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The most effective manipulation avoids open aggression, because pressure breeds resistance
Aug 14, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The list of basic life skills every boomer learned by twelve is real as nostalgia and shaky as evidence of decline
Aug 14, 2026
Space
The Sun's magnetic field flips every 11 years, a turnover so fast that current models struggle to explain how its magnetic flux dissipates…
Aug 14, 2026
Earth & Environment
In 1956, one watt of solar capacity cost about $1,865 in today's money
Aug 14, 2026