Lachlan Brown writes for Science Blog on psychology, behavior, and the ways research changes how everyday life looks.
The world's grids now face their biggest solar challenge: moving a glut of midday power to the hours when people actually need it.
Aug 10, 2026
The cardiovascular benefits of marathon training may be real—but one study showing younger arteries isn't yet proof that 26.2 miles is medicine.
Aug 10, 2026
The five oceans are one system—and what flows between them shapes the planet's climate, chemistry, and life for centuries to come.
Aug 9, 2026
Loose dry sand can more than double the energy cost of walking at the same speed. The evidence does not support treating a 30-minute beach stroll as better than an undefined hour at the gym.
Aug 9, 2026
Pregnancy can create lasting microchimerism. A 2012 autopsy study detected male DNA in 63% of women's brains, but could not identify every source or biological function.
Aug 9, 2026
A typical cumulus cloud may contain about 500 tonnes of liquid water. That water is dispersed as microscopic droplets through a vast, warm and continually changing volume of air.
Aug 9, 2026
Activity loggers showed common swifts spending more than 99% of a ten-month non-breeding period aloft. Three birds recorded no landing at all.
Aug 9, 2026
Hair cortisol in 58 dog-owner pairs moved together across summer and winter. The finding came from Sweden, not a multi-year Vienna behaviour study, and it shows association rather than emotional transmission.
Aug 8, 2026
Songs can trigger vivid autobiographical memories and colour their emotion, but current research does not show that music usually replaces the events it evokes.
Aug 8, 2026
Evening types scored modestly higher in two older UK Biobank cohorts, but the cross-sectional study did not control for education or testing time and cannot show causation.
Aug 6, 2026
The famous 23-minute interruption statistic measures when people returned to a task, not when deep focus fully recovered. The original workplace study is more nuanced than its viral retelling.
Aug 6, 2026
A global study found life satisfaction and happiness tracked closely, while the familiar wellbeing ladder captured a more wealth-oriented picture of a good life.
Aug 5, 2026
A massive study of Norwegian conscripts reveals that IQ scores, which climbed steadily for a century, have been falling sharply since the 1970s—and the culprit isn't in our genes.
Aug 5, 2026
Knowing rare words signals education and experience, but a failed vocabulary test reveals nothing about how your mind actually works.
Aug 4, 2026
