Human Factors
June 2026
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Human Factors
Every human being alive today shares a single common ancestor who lived as recently…
Human Behaviour
The world produces approximately 460 million tonnes of plastic every year
Psychology
The "Benjamin Franklin effect": why doing someone a favour makes you like them…
Human Factors
The shortest commercial flight in the world is between two islands in Scotland's…
Human Factors
The country with the most pyramids in the world is not Egypt
Earth & Life
In September 2023 a mega-tsunami in Greenland sent tremors around the entire planet…
Technology
The energy debate around AI keeps anchoring on the watt-hours behind a single prompt
Space & Missions
When Soviet engineers launched the N1 moon rocket from Baikonur in July 1969, it…
Space & Missions
It is impossible to burp in space, because in microgravity the human stomach cannot…
Science & Engineering
In December 1970, the Soviet Venera 7 probe became the first spacecraft to transmit…
Earth & Life
A 2015 study put the planet's tree count at more than three trillion, while the…
Science & Engineering
In 2025, NASA quietly opened the commander's seat on private missions to the…
Human Factors
After analysing nearly 12,000 daily work diaries from 238 employees, Harvard…
Spacedaily
Seventy-three million years ago birds were nesting in the Arctic alongside…
Science & Engineering