Social Sciences
South Korea had one of the poorest populations in the world after the Korean War, yet people born there today have among the longest life…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 14, 2026
2026
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Space
In 1982, the Soviet Venera 13 lander transmitted for 127 minutes from Venus's surface, returning colour panoramas of basaltic terrain…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 14, 2026
Life
Humans have roughly 10 times as many sweat glands per square inch as chimpanzees, yet a Duke study found our bodies turn over 30 to 50 per…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 14, 2026
Health
We tend to think longevity is mostly written in your genes, but a landmark study of 2,872 Danish twin pairs found DNA explained only about…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 14, 2026
Space
Voyager 1 launched in 1977 with onboard computers holding less memory than a single photo on a modern phone
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 14, 2026
Life
A vast hidden biosphere extends kilometres beneath Earth’s surface, where microorganisms survive in perpetual darkness
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 14, 2026
Space
A meteorite that fell near the Australian town of Murchison in 1969 was found to contain grains of stardust up to around 7 billion years old
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 14, 2026
Life
Crocodiles can lose limbs in territorial fights and still heal in bacteria-rich water with surprisingly little infection
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 14, 2026
Space
After six months orbiting Earth, astronauts don't just describe seeing the planet differently
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 14, 2026
Earth & Environment
The longest mountain range on Earth is almost entirely underwater
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 13, 2026
Earth & Environment
Beneath kilometres of Antarctic ice sits a lake the size of a small sea, sealed off from the sky for millions of years and possibly still…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 13, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Prairie dogs do more than shout “hawk” or “human”
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 13, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Assemble something yourself and you'll value it more than an identical item you didn't build
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 13, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Doing small things that fill you with awe
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 13, 2026