Space
ISS crews see 16 sunrises each day, but their bodies do not adopt a 90-minute clock
Aug 11, 2026
2026
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Technology
The treadmill entered British prisons around 1818 as hard labor, but the modern fitness machine was not merely rebranded punishment
Aug 11, 2026
Physics
Earth's quietest room measured -24.9 dBA, low enough for visitors to hear their own bodies, but the claim that nobody can last an hour is…
Aug 11, 2026
Earth & Environment
During the 2017 eclipse, giraffes stampeded, Galápagos tortoises started mating, gibbons sang unfamiliar songs, and gorillas quietly got…
By Kiran Journals · Aug 11, 2026
Physics
In a room of 23 people there is a 50.7% chance that two share a birthday, because the room contains 253 possible pairs rather than 23…
Aug 11, 2026
Brain & Behavior
In 1972, American basketball players did something that had never happened at an Olympics before or since
By Daniel Moran · Aug 11, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Søren Kierkegaard believed the deepest despair in life isn't unhappiness
By Daniel Moran · Aug 11, 2026
Space
For the first time in history, oxygen was produced on the surface of another planet
By Daniel Moran · Aug 11, 2026
Life
The familiar claim that only five species undergo menopause is out of date
Aug 11, 2026
Brain & Behavior
By the time Cleopatra was born, the Great Pyramid was already more than two thousand years old
By Daniel Moran · Aug 11, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The reason telling yourself to stop procrastinating rarely works is that procrastination is not a time-management problem but an emotional…
Aug 11, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Working-memory games can make people much better at the task they practice, but meta-analyses and a two-year study find little evidence…
Aug 11, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Across eight experiments, people performing small acts of kindness underestimated how good recipients would feel, partly because givers…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 11, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Psychology suggests adults who prefer eating alone at restaurants aren't lonely or antisocial, they've learned that a meal without…
Aug 11, 2026