Life
In 1933, a laborer building a bridge in northern China dug up a huge fossilized human skull and hid it in a well, telling no one for 85…
By Brendan Brown · Aug 10, 2026
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Brain & Behavior
Whitehall II tracked 3,433 British civil servants for up to 14 years on either side of retirement and found verbal memory declined 38…
Aug 10, 2026
Technology
Future cars may double as grid batteries, but only 22 current models can send power back
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 10, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Psychology has actually mapped what makes a person difficult and defiant, a cluster of antagonistic traits and a reflex to resist any rule…
Aug 10, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Avoiding a scene is easier once you know why scenes happen
Aug 10, 2026
Brain & Behavior
True intelligence is not simply faster thinking
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 10, 2026
Earth & Environment
Solar added a record 600 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2025 and supplied more than 8 percent of the global total, but the next…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 10, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Rather than a list of forbidden phrases, the research points to two things parents are wiser not to say as a habit
Aug 10, 2026
Health
No habit can promise to keep dementia away, but the largest expert review to date estimates that up to 45 percent of cases could in…
Aug 10, 2026
Health
In one study, 138 first-time marathoners had aortas that appeared four years younger after six months of training, but the result does not…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 10, 2026
Earth & Environment
Earth has five named oceans, but they form one connected system covering 71 percent of the planet, moving heat, carbon, and nutrients…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 9, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Why retirement can make the question 'What do you do?' unexpectedly difficult
Aug 9, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Quote by Anne Lamott: Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you
Aug 9, 2026
Life
In 2016, someone walking past a drying pond in Thailand noticed a few strange rocks
By Daniel Moran · Aug 9, 2026