Life
A vast hidden biosphere extends kilometres beneath Earth’s surface, where microorganisms survive in perpetual darkness
Jul 14, 2026
2026
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Life
Bowhead whales can live past 200 years, and a 2025 study found unusually efficient repair of certain DNA lesions
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
Jul 14, 2026
Health
Researchers followed 147,374 people for up to 30 years and found that 90 to 119 minutes of strength training a week
Jul 14, 2026
Life
Crocodiles can lose limbs in territorial fights and still heal in bacteria-rich water with surprisingly little infection
Jul 14, 2026
Space
After six months orbiting Earth, astronauts don't just describe seeing the planet differently
Jul 14, 2026
Earth & Environment
The longest mountain range on Earth is almost entirely underwater
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…
Jul 13, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Prairie dogs do more than shout “hawk” or “human”
Jul 13, 2026
Earth & Environment
The bar-tailed godwit can fly more than 13,000 kilometres without landing or eating
Jul 13, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Assemble something yourself and you'll value it more than an identical item you didn't build
Jul 13, 2026
Brain & Behavior
Doing small things that fill you with awe
Jul 13, 2026
Life
The 52-hertz whale has an unusual call, but scientists cannot tell whether it is alone or unanswered
Jul 13, 2026
Science
Two Asian mantis species just got Europe's harshest invasive label
Jul 13, 2026