Universe
August 2026
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Universe
Scientists broke chemistry's mixing rule on Saturn's moon Titan at minus 179°C
Science & Engineering
Webb telescope spots phantom planet near our nearest star, then loses it
Science & Engineering
Dogs can smell your stress before you realize you're stressed
Science & Engineering
Axolotl can regrow its heart and brain, yet fewer than 1,000 survive in the wild
Science & Engineering
Blue whale's 400-pound heart rewrites what science thought it knew
Human Behaviour
Frankl's most famous quote gets misread as self-help inspiration
Science & Engineering
Antarctic glacier leaks rust-red water from a lake sealed for a million years
Science & Engineering
A single cotton T-shirt consumes years worth of drinking water from drought-stricken basins
Earth & Life
Antarctic glacier drains California-sized area at 800 metres a year
Science & Engineering
Bristlecone pine older than Great Pyramid still growing in California today
Space & Missions
Shepard's delayed launch forced NASA to invent spacesuit plumbing on the fly
Science & Engineering
Tiny jellyfish near Japan can reset its life cycle indefinitely when injured or starving
Earth & Life
Boiling river in Peruvian Amazon puzzles geologists with no volcano in sight
Science & Engineering
Starship's 33 engines dwarf Saturn V, but catching the rocket matters more than raw power
Science & Engineering