Male Neanderthal hips looked more like a human woman's hips
Popular Scienceby Andrew Paul18 Aug 2026
Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) are in the midst of an extensive image rehabilitation campaign.
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Anthea Coster awarded International Union of Radio Science Appleton Prize
MIT Newsby Nancy Wolfe Kotary | MIT Haystack Observatory18 Aug 2026
MIT Principal Research Scientist and Haystack Observatory Assistant Director Emerita Anthea J. Coster was awarded the prestigious Appleton Prize at the International Union of Radio Science (URSI)...
top 60%Building Enterprise Agent Systems that People can Trust, Verify and Improve | Towards Data Science
Towards Data Science - Mediumby Sheila Teo18 Aug 2026
I I’ve distilled my experience into 5 principles for building agent systems that succeed inside a business, earn people’s trust and improve over time.
Narwhal tusks are twisty, magical mathematical marvels
Popular Scienceby Laura Baisas18 Aug 2026
Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) tusks may not really be magical, but they do have some mathematical magic. Their tusk is actually made up of two spirals (or helices) instead of one.
Can the existence of an afterlife be proven? The scientists looking for God
El País Englishby Daniel Soufi18 Aug 2026
Now that singer Rosalía has embraced mysticism and the “[Spanish protest movement] 15-M philosopher” Ernesto Castro has converted to Christianity, it is not surprising that science is being seduced...
What Spider-Man gets right — and wrong — about turning off superpowers
Science Newsby Tina Hesman Saey18 Aug 2026
Note: Slight spoilers for Spider-Man: Brand New Day. A plot device in the new Spider-Man movie is real-world science.
Step-by-step — observe the night sky with a manual telescope
Latest from Space.comby Jamie Carter18 Aug 2026
The night sky is not an impenetrable “blanket of stars.” There is depth and detail that can be navigated and known, probed and plundered for rewards — and the best way to do all of that is with a...
Hubble, James Webb Space Telescope team up to capture the 'Black Eye Galaxy' | Space photo of the day for Aug. 18, 2026
Latest from Space.comby Chelsea Gohd18 Aug 2026
Sometimes, incredibly powerful space telescopes work together to accomplish amazing things. Recently, observations made by both the James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble were combined in a...
On this day in space! Aug. 18, 1868: Total solar eclipse leads to discovery of helium
Latest from Space.comby Hanneke Weitering18 Aug 2026
On Aug. 18, 1868, a French astronomer named Pierre Jules César Janssen discovered helium while observing a total solar eclipse in India.
Graph Engineering Isn’t About More Connections — It’s About Which Ones Get Used | Towards Data Science
Towards Data Science - Mediumby Emmimal P Alexander18 Aug 2026
TL;DR What I did: built a controlled experiment that isolates one variable, relationship density, from everything usually confounded with it, using a fully deterministic agent policy instead of...
In 1926, a Russian biologist tried to create a human-chimpanzee hybrid
Popular Scienceby Nidhi Sharma18 Aug 2026
Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection, published in the mid-19th century, challenged the belief that all living creatures were created by God.
It's harder to poop in space. Scientists may finally know why
Latest from Space.comby Samantha Mathewson18 Aug 2026
Astronauts have long struggled with constipation in space. Now, scientists may finally understand why.
Bald eagle Shadow and new female KD1 sing a morning song
Popular Scienceby Laura Baisas18 Aug 2026
As a new week began in Big Bear Valley, internet-famous bald eagle dad Shadow and a new female bald eagle in the area named KD1 greeted the sunrise with song.
Ten Is Not a Hundred | Towards Data Science
Towards Data Science - Mediumby Javier Marin18 Aug 2026
The problem If you review it (and you are not an LLM), you see the problem in a second, and you don’t need a finance degree. The bank has a review pipeline for exactly this.
Stare at an imprisoned god to stop the apocalypse in Sarco, a no-saves horror game in which you'll also, somehow, have to explore a gutted scientific base
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Edwin Evans-Thirlwell18 Aug 2026
In Hello Andromeda's Sarco, you're trapped in a scientific research base with a sarcophagus housing a cosmic being that starts to open when you aren't looking at it.
Worm Munch Matters - Longreads
Longreadsby Carolyn Wells18 Aug 2026
“Sound is a tangible way of connecting to aspects of nature that are hidden from humans. The deep ocean, the dark night, and now the dense earth beneath our feet,” writes Ella Browning.
The grief and fragile hope of deciding to freeze my eggs | Psyche Turning Points
Psycheby Matilda Hay18 Aug 2026
My mum got married at 27, then had her first child, me, when she was 32. I always thought I’d have children at that age too.
Scientists may have finally proved that “empty” space isn’t really empty
ScienceDaily18 Aug 2026
Scientists may have finally proved that “empty” space isn’t really empty - Date: - August 18, 2026 - Source: - Swinburne University of Technology - Summary: - A magnetar’s colossal magnetic field...
Einstein’s biggest “mistake” came back — and changed cosmology forever
ScienceDaily18 Aug 2026
Einstein’s biggest “mistake” came back — and changed cosmology forever - Date: - August 18, 2026 - Source: - Universe Today - Summary: - Einstein’s abandoned cosmological constant made a...
A therapy that “rewrites” childhood memories can ease fear of failure
ScienceDaily18 Aug 2026
A therapy that “rewrites” childhood memories can ease fear of failure - Date: - August 18, 2026 - Source: - SWPS University - Summary: - Childhood criticism can leave people carrying a fear of...