Human Factors
June 2026
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Human Factors
In 1938, Harvard researchers began following a group of young men to learn what…
Human Factors
Almost all the gold on Earth — every wedding ring, every coin, every gram in every…
Science & Engineering
Earth has gone through five mass extinction events in its history, each wiping out…
Science & Engineering
Just six grams of gold coat an Olympic "gold" medal, which is otherwise mostly…
Science & Engineering
The asteroid that ended the dinosaurs did not just leave a crater, it turned the…
Science & Engineering
The Amazon’s ancient drainage system once ran the other way, carrying water and…
Constellations
Almost everyone assumes Venus is our nearest neighbour, but averaged across its…
Universe
Much of what we know about the scale of the universe rests on a method worked out…
Psychology
What current research says about menopause, cognition, and the contested timing of…
Science & Engineering
The light from the Andromeda Galaxy — the most distant object visible to the naked…
Science & Engineering
Laughter is linked to reward processing and lower cortisol, but brain-rewiring…
Human Factors
Tomatoes were considered poisonous in much of Europe for nearly two centuries after…
Human Factors
Saudi Arabia imports sand — despite being a country dominated by desert, the sand…
Earth & Life
Sequoia and redwood trees alive today were already mature when the Roman Empire was…
Science & Engineering