Writer at Science Blog

Lachlan Brown

Lachlan Brown writes for Science Blog on psychology, behavior, and the ways research changes how everyday life looks.

The world's tallest waterfall is not Angel Falls

The planet's most dramatic waterfall exists in total darkness, where colliding ocean temperatures create a cascade far taller than anything water has ever done on land.

Jul 20, 2026

Space

Energy created in the Sun’s core can spend around 170,000 years bouncing through the radiative zone before reaching the outer layers

The light warming your face this morning left the Sun's core when mammoths still roamed the Earth.

Jul 20, 2026

Earth & Environment

In 1970, Soviet scientists began drilling into the Kola Peninsula and eventually reached 12,262 metres

Fifty years ago, Soviet scientists drilled deeper into Earth than anyone before or since—only to discover they'd barely begun.

Jul 19, 2026

Science

Australia's Finke River, known as the Larapinta, is estimated to be between 300 and 400 million years old

A river older than dinosaurs may sound mythical, but Australia's Finke has the geology to back it up—and a humbling reminder of how little we truly understand about deep time.

Jul 19, 2026

Science

The world has three different 'tallest mountains' depending on how you measure

The world's tallest mountain depends entirely on what "tallest" means.

Jul 19, 2026