Earth & Life
August 2026
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Human Behaviour
Identical twins separated at birth and reunited as adults in a Minnesota twin study…
Human Factors
The Indian caste system is often described as a religious hierarchy, but historians…
Science & Engineering
In the middle of the rainy season, a stretch of Bolivia's high desert turns into…
Universe
Titan is moving away from Saturn about 11 centimetres every year
Human Factors
In the middle of Central Asia sits a desert full of shipwrecks, hundreds of miles…
Science & Engineering
There's a dam in China holding back so much water that NASA scientists calculated…
Human Factors
Thought of the day from Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius
Universe
A Category 1 hurricane on Earth begins at 119 km/h
Universe
Europa may literally glow green, blue or white on its night side because Jupiter’s…
Universe
Stand on Venus and the pressure is like balancing a small car on your thumbnail
Universe
Cassini bounced radio waves off Titan’s three largest seas and found their open…
Earth & Life
About 60 per cent of food waste from American homes, shops and restaurants goes to…
Human Behaviour
The Dutch spent a century becoming the tallest population on Earth, then the run…
Psychology
I used to treat boredom as a problem to be solved and now I treat it as a signal…
Human Factors