Longer essays and features from Science Blog. Pieces here go through additional research and review.
The principle that saves your favorite desserts from regret might be exactly what your relationships need.
By Nato Lagidze · Aug 4, 2026
A thousand years after the Norman Conquest, English speakers still use one word for the animal in the pasture and another for the meat on the plate—a class division frozen into grammar itself.
By Daniel Moran · Aug 3, 2026
Even a brief walk can trigger the brain's growth machinery, offering older adults a rare biological window where a single workout reshapes neural architecture.
By Jeanette Brown · Aug 3, 2026
The deepest satisfaction doesn't arrive during rest — it emerges when you're so absorbed in a challenging task that time disappears and self-consciousness evaporates entirely.
By Brendan Brown · Aug 3, 2026
A Cold War-era robot's forgotten mirror just became a window into the Moon's past, decades after everyone stopped looking.
By Brendan Brown · Aug 3, 2026
A device that predicted celestial events with mechanical precision lay forgotten underwater for two millennia, only to challenge everything we thought we knew about ancient engineering.
By Brendan Brown · Aug 3, 2026
The ancient philosophy shows promise for depression, but researchers stopped short of testing the emotional balance claims that make it so appealing to modern practitioners.
Aug 3, 2026
What truly drives motivation isn't skill or connection—it's the freedom to act on your own values.
Aug 3, 2026
The gap between how old you feel and how old you are may hinge on one thing: whether you actually move your body.
Aug 3, 2026
