Science & Engineering
July 2026
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Science & Engineering
A star near the centre of our galaxy reaches almost 3 per cent of the speed of…
Science & Engineering
Spend a year in space and your own body will betray you on the way home, starting…
Science & Engineering
How does the closest planet to the Sun, with a surface that hits 430 degrees at…
Science & Engineering
How does a pond in Antarctica sitting at minus 50 degrees refuse to freeze, year…
Government
The Vatican is a fully sovereign state — with its own passports, postal service…
Psychology
A study showed six-month-old babies photos of spiders next to flowers matched for…
Science & Engineering
A deep-water shark's liver can account for up to 30 per cent of its total body…
Science & Engineering
A lion's tongue is covered in hollow, backward-pointing spines called papillae…
Human Factors
The Great Pyramid was raised from an estimated 2.3 million stone blocks in roughly…
Technology
Why is ChatGPT drinking bottles of fresh water to answer your questions, and who is…
Human Factors
South Korea was producing very little internationally recognised music in 1995
Science & Engineering
Did prehistoric humans actually live in caves?
Culture
Istanbul is the only major city on Earth that sits in two continents at once
Space & Missions
In microgravity, the human spine lengthens by as much as five centimetres, and…
Science & Engineering