Human Factors
June 2026
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Earth & Life
Seahorses, giant clams and even the occasional dugong have been recorded in the…
Psychology
PFAS were added to pizza boxes for decades because of a carbon-fluorine bond…
Science & Engineering
The narwhal's spiraled tusk is actually an inside-out canine tooth packed with…
Human Factors
Thought of the day from Renaissance philosopher Michel de Montaigne
Human Factors
The United States is projected to collapse near the absolute bottom of the…
Earth Observation
The Singapore Strait funnels roughly a third of the world's traded goods through a…
Constellations
In June 2026, the Finnish radar-satellite company Iceye raised more than a billion…
Space & Missions
In 1977, NASA mounted a gold-plated record on each Voyager probe carrying greetings…
Science & Engineering
Sperm whales produce the loudest sound made by any animal, clicks measured at 230…
Earth News
High in California's White Mountains grows a plant, roughly 4,850 years old
Earth & Life
In 1820, the whaleship Essex was rammed and sunk by an 85-foot sperm whale in the…
Human Factors
We tend to assume that whatever makes us happy also makes life feel meaningful
Earth & Life
West Africa produces roughly 2/3 of the world's cocoa and lost up to 40% of its…
United Nations
We often assume humanity will keep multiplying, but a UN forecast suggests our…
Human Behaviour