Longer essays and features from Science Blog. Pieces here go through additional research and review.
Novelty and event boundaries can shape remembered duration, but research has found no switch at age 30 and evidence that routine alone compresses the years remains mixed.
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 8, 2026
A river in the Peruvian Amazon reaches about 86 degrees Celsius despite lying more than 700 kilometres from an active volcano. The leading explanation is a fault-fed, non-volcanic hydrothermal system.
Aug 8, 2026
A commercial poll found widespread dating-app fatigue. Longitudinal studies show a more complicated feedback loop between loneliness, app motives, perceived success and burnout.
Aug 7, 2026
High intelligence paradoxically becomes a liability when performance matters most—the mental capacity that enables excellence can transform into a source of sabotage.
Aug 7, 2026
The Harvard Study's most striking discovery: your friendships matter more to your longevity than your cholesterol—forcing a reckoning with how we actually prepare for old age.
Aug 7, 2026
Different mental skills peak at wildly different ages, suggesting the decline of youth may be offset by gains we don't usually measure.
Aug 7, 2026
The aviation industry's best-kept secret: your cabin air is probably safer than your living room, whether you believe it or not.
By Kiran Journals · Aug 7, 2026
The full list, on the current experimental record, is short enough to fit in a single sentence.
By Kiran Journals · Aug 6, 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.
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 6, 2026
