Longer essays and features from Science Blog. Pieces here go through additional research and review.
A loophole in space law and one man's audacious interpretation of it have turned lunar real estate into a surprisingly brisk business.
By Kiran Journals · Aug 6, 2026
When you talk to yourself in the third person, your brain seems to give you more room to breathe.
By Jeanette Brown · Aug 6, 2026
The famous ouroboros dream Kekulé described in 1890 arrived 25 years after his benzene paper and left no contemporary paper trail. The hexagon itself, however, transformed organic chemistry — and industry — forever.
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.
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 5, 2026
Sergei Krikalev launched to Mir in May 1991 as a Soviet citizen and landed 311 days later in a country that no longer existed, his home city renamed, his salary destroyed by hyperinflation.
Aug 5, 2026
Anhedonia describes reduced interest or pleasure. Researchers measure it separately from low mood, but its causes, course and treatment vary between people.
Aug 5, 2026
Spain's worst fire season on record forced thousands to flee, regardless of citizenship or documentation status.
By Nato Lagidze · Aug 5, 2026
On the morning of August 18, 1868, a French astronomer named Pierre Janssen stood in the coastal town of Guntur, in Andhra Pradesh on the southeastern coast of India, and watched the Moon slide across the face of the Sun.
Aug 4, 2026
The paper is titled "Striking global similarities in dog–human interactions," and the owners who read their dogs best were hunters in Vanuatu, not Germany.
By Chris Jeremia · Aug 4, 2026
