Health
At any moment, one side of your nose is usually more swollen than the other because erectile tissue inside it fills with blood
Aug 13, 2026
2026
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Biology
Scientists wired sixteen black bears with brain sensors as part of a five-year research programme, and sampled recordings showed the…
Aug 13, 2026
Space
About 2,000 light-years away, a Jupiter-sized planet completes a full year in under eight hours, orbiting so close to the collapsed star it…
Aug 13, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Thought of the day from Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius
By Mal James · Aug 13, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The signs a strong personality is coming across as intimidating live in other people, not in you
Aug 13, 2026
Earth & Environment
A blue whale's call, pitched so low it sits below the threshold of human hearing, can travel 1,600 kilometres through the ocean's deep…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 13, 2026
Earth & Environment
Off the coast of Sicily this month, a fisherman named Giacomo De Mola noticed something odd on his sonar and dove in anyway
Aug 13, 2026
Life
Scientists tracked wild honey bees with a drone-based system and found each bee flies its own personal route and repeats it with stunning…
By Brendan Brown · Aug 13, 2026
Brain & Behavior
People who are genuinely comfortable being alone aren’t antisocial or disconnected— solitude may simply be the first place they stopped…
By Jeanette Brown · Aug 13, 2026
Health
For years, blood samples in a Bonn lab kept sticking to the magnets researchers used to sort cells, an annoyance nobody could explain
Aug 13, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Two people can spend exactly the same amount of time alone and experience it completely differently
Aug 13, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A 2025 Scientific Reports meta-analysis covering nearly 5,000 participants found social media abstinence produced no significant change in…
Aug 13, 2026
Science
Americans ranked third and fourth in the world for men's and women's height a century ago, but a study of 18.6 million adults in 200…
By Mal James · Aug 13, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Darwin spent part of almost every day walking his secluded “Thinking Path” at Down House, turning ideas over in his mind
Aug 13, 2026