Human Factors
June 2026
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Science & Engineering
The danger now is not only that the planet is warming, but that the pace of…
Earth & Life
A single cotton T-shirt requires approximately 2,700 litres of water to produce…
Human Factors
Life only ever happens in the present, yet most of us spend it somewhere else
Science & Engineering
Scientists have discovered that air filters can capture DNA floating in the…
Universe
An AI trawled through 35 years of Hubble images and found more than 800 strange…
Psychology
Life slowly becomes whatever we give our attention to, whether we notice that…
Human Factors
There's a reason "the good old days" tend to look sunnier in the rear-view mirror
Human Factors
A study of nearly 20,000 people found there's a weekly amount of time in nature…
Science & Engineering
China produces about 99 percent of the world's raw gallium, the metal hidden inside…
Human Behaviour
The kiwifruit was once called the Chinese gooseberry, until New Zealand growers…
Human Behaviour
A small hospice study found brain responses to sound near death, but awareness…
Human Behaviour
A 2013 University of Michigan study on rats found that in the 30 seconds after…
Human Factors
New Zealand soldiers in the First World War were nicknamed Kiwis by their British…
Science & Engineering
Fold a single sheet of paper just 42 times and it would be thick enough to reach…
Science & Engineering