Earth & Environment
In 1987, a barge loaded with three thousand tons of New York garbage set out for a landfill and couldn't find anywhere to dump it
By Daniel Moran · Aug 3, 2026
2026
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Brain & Behavior
Scientists found that during a lucid dream, the sleeping brain's prefrontal cortex
By Daniel Moran · Aug 3, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The English words "cow," "pig," and "sheep" come from Anglo-Saxon
By Daniel Moran · Aug 3, 2026
Science
UC Riverside physicists show thermal cameras could boost LIGO sensitivity by up to 31% and increase its neutron-star detection range by…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 3, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A single bout of moderate exercise can raise BDNF in older adults
By Jeanette Brown · Aug 3, 2026
Brain & Behavior
We tend to imagine happiness as a life of rest and leisure
By Brendan Brown · Aug 3, 2026
Brain & Behavior
What makes someone attractive is far less fixed than we assume
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 3, 2026
Space
The Soviet Lunokhod 1 rover went silent on the Moon in 1971, then scientists found its lost reflector in 2010 and got a signal bright…
By Brendan Brown · Aug 3, 2026
Science
The Antikythera mechanism recovered from a Roman shipwreck in 1901 turned out to be a hand-cranked bronze computer that could predict…
By Brendan Brown · Aug 3, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The size of a person's vocabulary is one of the best single predictors of their general intelligence, not because big words make anyone…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 3, 2026
Health
A 2025 randomised controlled trial found a two-week Stoic exercise programme produced significantly lower depression symptoms than no…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 3, 2026
Brain & Behavior
A meta-analysis pooling 99 studies and more than 100 samples found that autonomy, doing things because they genuinely reflect one's own…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 3, 2026
Health
Tracking more than 10,000 adults for up to two decades, researchers found active people were 30 to 50 percent more likely to feel younger…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 3, 2026
Brain & Behavior
The claim that the nicest people end up the loneliest has spread widely this year, and the largest meta-analysis on personality and…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 2, 2026