Science
In 2025, scientists announced they'd finally solved the boiled egg
By Brendan Brown · Aug 11, 2026
2026
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Brain & Behavior
The gender equality paradox has a disquieting finding at its centre
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 11, 2026
Science
About a quarter of the Netherlands now sits below sea level, and the obvious explanation is that the sea rose
Aug 11, 2026
Science
In 1802, a despairing Beethoven wrote a letter asking that after his death, doctors describe his illness to the world so people would…
By Brendan Brown · Aug 11, 2026
Earth & Environment
When fourteen Canadian wolves were released into Yellowstone in 1995, they were credited with bringing back trees, beavers and even…
By Brendan Brown · Aug 11, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The 2025 World Happiness Report found people underestimate community kindness
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 11, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Thought of the day from French philosopher Simone Weil: "Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity"
Aug 11, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The idea that performing strong boundaries will instantly attract high-value women falls apart under the research
Aug 11, 2026
Space
The Voyager 1 probe, launched in 1977, is now so far from Earth that a radio signal travelling at the speed of light takes over 22 hours to…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 11, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Real science backs the idea that your energy is your most important resource, but not the popular version
Aug 11, 2026
Brain & Behavior
There is no single thing women find attractive, but averaged across dozens of cultures the research keeps landing on the same unglamorous…
Aug 11, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A 2024 meta-analysis found a small achievement advantage for handwritten lecture notes, but the headline-making EEG study did not test…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 11, 2026
Brain & Behavior
People who reread the same books are not refusing novelty
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 11, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A 2025 study in Scientific Reports found that pet owners who leaned on animals as a substitute for human company were not less lonely for it
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 10, 2026