Science & Engineering
August 2026
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Science & Engineering
Elephant recognizes her own reflection, raising questions about what we owe her
Science & Engineering
Dopamine drives desire, not the pleasure itself, scientists find
Science & Engineering
Multiple giant impacts may have tilted Uranus on its side, new simulations suggest
Science & Engineering
Army ants move as one creature despite having no leader or central plan
Space & Missions
Solar winds tear Mars's atmosphere into space in violent bursts
Science & Engineering
Neptune's upper atmosphere has cooled hundreds of degrees, and scientists have no idea why
Space & Missions
NASA's Perseverance rover extracted oxygen from Mars for the first time
Science & Engineering
Wind turbines kill bats by crushing their lungs with pressure waves alone
Science & Engineering
Solar site survey missed nearly 1,000 desert tortoises, one tracked to eagle nest
Space & Missions
Spacecraft can approach light speed but never reach it, physics says
Human Behaviour
More daily steps mean lower mortality risk, study finds—but older adults peak at 6,000 to 8,000
Science & Engineering
About 69 per cent of Danish households were connected to district heating in 2023
Earth & Life
Crocodiles and alligators use sticks as bait to hunt nesting birds
Human Behaviour
Montesquieu saw our real problem: we compare ourselves to others, not reality
Earth & Life