Human Factors
August 2026
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Universe
Asteroid triggers first-ever UN planetary defence alert, then gets downgraded
Earth & Life
Elephant trunks pack 90,000 muscles into boneless precision tools
Science & Engineering
NASA satellite navigates by photographing other spacecraft as landmarks
Human Factors
Marcus Aurelius was right: happiness requires almost nothing
Universe
Roman Space Telescope survives four cancellation attempts, now launching nine months early
Science & Engineering
Cameras on whale shark fins caught them feeding as deep as 68.8 metres
Earth & Life
Amazon River moves more water than all other rivers combined
Science & Engineering
Soviet nuclear satellite crash left Canada with a $6 million bill
Science & Engineering
Voyager 1 converts distant plasma waves into sounds humans can hear
Science & Engineering
Spy agency's unused telescope mirror becomes heart of NASA's new Roman observatory
Science & Engineering
14-year-old becomes youngest to achieve nuclear fusion in basement lab
Earth & Life
Ocean heat hit a record for the ninth year in a row, the longest streak ever
Science & Engineering
One tortoise saved a species from extinction, then was quietly retired
Science & Engineering
Guam's power grid keeps falling to electrocuted invasive snakes
Science & Engineering