Science
In 1868, a French astronomer studying a solar eclipse from India spotted a yellow spectral line at 587 nanometres that matched no element…
By The Long View · Aug 4, 2026
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Social Sciences
Being single is becoming the norm rather than a phase
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 4, 2026
Life
Dogs are supposed to steal forbidden food more often when their owner's eyes are closed, and when researchers ran the test on hunting dogs…
By Chris Jeremia · Aug 4, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Research suggests people who handwrite lists and people who use phone apps process their entire day differently
By Brendan Brown · Aug 4, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The internet treats returning your shopping cart as the ultimate test of character, but the psychology of small unwatched good deeds says…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 4, 2026
Uncategorized
Pan-Psychicism? Are paranormal powers universal?
By Josh Mitteldorf · Aug 4, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A 2005 study found that people given fewer design materials to work with produced more original solutions than people given a wider…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 4, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A 2010 study found that imagining a plan has already failed, in the past tense, reduced participants' overconfidence by roughly 25 points…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 4, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Eat the fartons, skip the small talk: the same rule that keeps you from wasting a dessert can keep you from wasting a friendship
By Nato Lagidze · Aug 4, 2026
Life
The famous goal of 10,000 steps a day was never based on science
By Daniel Moran · Aug 3, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The quality we call class lines up with something researchers have a name for
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 3, 2026
Space
The sun is actually white, not yellow — its visible wavelengths reach Earth as white light, but our atmosphere scatters the shorter blue…
By Daniel Moran · Aug 3, 2026
Animals
Brazilian study identifies four Flavobacterium species in 11 aquaculture isolates
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 3, 2026
Science
"Lightning never strikes the same place twice" is a comforting saying and a completely false one
By Daniel Moran · Aug 3, 2026