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7 posts- Dogs seem to associate ‘bouba’ with round shapes and ‘kiki’ with spiky shapes, study of 70 dogs finds
- Stanford study finds severely bleached corals can make a full recovery in seven weeks with help from healthy clones
- New Study Finds Gendered Messaging Can Backfire: Messages that reference gender when highlighting women's success in an activity actually made kids and adults of both genders see girls and women as less capable, and also made everyone less interested in trying the activity themselves.
- We’re surprisingly close to conserving 30% of the world’s land. Almost every country has agreed to conserve 30% of the land and sea by 2030. Study shows 27% of land may already be conserved for biodiversity, if you also count areas that aren’t globally recognised. But more work needs to be done.
- A 2026 study reveals that human ovaries remain biologically active after menopause, shifting their protein production with age to actively influence other organs and create an inflammatory environment linked to increased ovarian cancer risk.
- Plastic tea bags released 555–2,498 microplastic particles per cup versus 0.3–2.4 in loose tea in a 28-brand brewing study
- Pensions save lives – Researchers analyzed the introduction of public pensions in the UK in 1909, finding that they substantially reduced elderly mortality.