Technology
Roman marine concrete can become stronger through interactions with seawater, helping explain why ancient harbour structures survived…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 15, 2026
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Life
A three-millimetre jellyfish found in oceans worldwide can reverse its own life cycle when injured or starving, melting back into its…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 15, 2026
Space
The engineers who built Voyager knew they would almost certainly be dead before it left the solar system, and they built it anyway, a gift…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 15, 2026
Technology
A 1948 IBM computer with no memory at all, fed by punchcards and programmed by physically rewiring its panels, was still doing the…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 15, 2026
Life
A shark that lives in the freezing Arctic can survive for roughly 400 years and does not reach adulthood until around 150
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 15, 2026
Earth & Environment
A cotton T-shirt has an estimated water footprint of about 2,700 litres, including rainwater, irrigation water and pollution-dilution water
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 15, 2026
Earth & Environment
By 2030, global data centres are projected to carry a water footprint equal to the basic annual domestic needs of 1.3 billion people
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 15, 2026
Life
In the final minutes of a deep-sea dive, scientists saw white clams and giant tube worms surrounding volcanic vents and realized they had…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 15, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Why some people apologise when they are not at fault: what research on self-blame and conflict avoidance suggests
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 15, 2026
Space
When Ann Druyan’s heartbeat was recorded for the Voyager Golden Record, she had just fallen in love with Carl Sagan, meaning a private…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 15, 2026
Technology
Google’s Willow quantum chip completed a benchmark in under five minutes that Google estimates would take a leading supercomputer 10…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 14, 2026
Health
Preliminary evidence suggests ADHD symptoms and perceived stimulant effectiveness can vary across the menstrual cycle
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 14, 2026
Earth & Environment
Chinampas were fixed raised wetland fields with canal irrigation, and complex rotations could yield up to seven harvests a year
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 14, 2026
Earth & Environment
A flame has burned inside a grotto behind a waterfall near Buffalo for generations, through rain and snow, and when geologists finally…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 14, 2026