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In 98 years of the University of Queensland pitch drop experiment, nine drops have fallen and no human has ever seen one land
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (1083+ words) The University of Queensland pitch drop experiment has been running since 1927, dripped nine times, and never once been seen falling by a human eye. The tenth drop is now forming. By The Long View Published September 10, 2026 · How we edit Inside…...
The brain’s adolescent-like wiring phase may continue until the early thirties. A Cambridge-led analysis of 3,802 brain scans found that structural networks keep becoming more integrated and efficient until around 32—the strongest turning point in brain-connectivity development across the lifespan.
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1487+ words) A diffusion-MRI study found five broad phases in structural brain-network organisation, with the strongest average turning point near 32. The result is a map of connectivity, not a maturity test. By Mind & Matter · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published September 2, 2026 · How we…...
Being intelligent and being able to read people are close to separate skills: a meta-analysis put the correlation between measured intelligence and interpersonal accuracy at about 0.19, and a well-known reading-the-eyes test found no link to IQ at all
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (487+ words) The smartest people in the room aren't necessarily the best at reading it—intelligence and interpersonal accuracy are nearly unrelated skills, upending a persistent myth about how the mind works. By Science Blog Editorial Team · Edited by Graeme Brown Published…...
People with broad vocabularies often score higher on intelligence tests, but no word can identify a smart person: these 10 terms test verbal knowledge, not the full range of human intelligence
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1148+ words) Knowing rare words signals education and experience, but a failed vocabulary test reveals nothing about how your mind actually works. Published August 4, 2026 · How we edit Can you define inchoate without looking it up? What about quotidian or synecdoche? A strong…...
Intelligent people can still be surprisingly bad at knowing when they are wrong, because solving a problem and judging the reliability of your own answer are partly separate mental tasks
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1063+ words) Confidence and competence are wired differently in the brain than we assume, which means even the smartest people can be dangerously sure they're right. Published August 4, 2026 · How we edit A person can solve a difficult problem quickly, explain the reasoning…...
The size of a person's vocabulary is one of the best single predictors of their general intelligence, not because big words make anyone smarter, but because quietly acquiring and keeping thousands of them draws on the same ability an IQ test measures
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (677+ words) The vocabulary test reveals not what you know, but how your mind works—the same mental machinery that powers every form of intelligence. Published August 3, 2026 · How we edit Here is a fact that sounds like a party trick but is…...
We argue about what true intelligence really is, but the most replicated finding in a century of research is oddly simple: people who are good at one kind of mental test tend to be good at all the others
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (752+ words) One factor predicts success across every mental task ever measured—a discovery so consistent it has survived a century of scientific debate. By Lachlan Brown · Editorial process Published August 1, 2026 I want to be upfront about something before I start: I…...
Muon g-2 calculations match Fermilab but clash with four decades of collider data
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1495+ words) A precision measurement meant to reveal new physics instead reveals deep cracks in our understanding of how particles interact. By Science Blog Editorial Team · Editorial process Published July 30, 2026 The long-running muon g-2 mystery has not disappeared so much as changed…...
Does consciousness collapse the wave function?
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (636+ words) A resolution could remake physics itself, forcing us to choose between a participatory universe and one where consciousness is merely along for the ride. By Josh Mitteldorf · Editorial process Published July 27, 2026 From the beginning, physicists noted that this was really…...
In 1970, Soviet scientists began drilling into the Kola Peninsula and eventually reached 12,262 metres — creating the deepest vertical borehole humans have ever made, yet barely scratching the surface of Earth’s crust
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1207+ words) Fifty years ago, Soviet scientists drilled deeper into Earth than anyone before or since—only to discover they'd barely begun. By Lachlan Brown · Editorial process Published July 19, 2026 I had always filed the Kola Superdeep Borehole under facts that sound impressive…...