Anabolic steroids linked to heart damage after decades of use
Anabolic steroids entered American gyms as a Cold War experiment and never left. Nearly 70 years later, cardiologists…
Ancient cephalopod fossil reveals earliest known buoyancy system
An octopus can hang motionless in mid-water, neither rising nor sinking. Researchers have now identified the earliest known…
Hackaday Links: August 2, 2026
About a month ago, we brought you word that the commercial rescue mission designed by Katalyst Space to…
Artists, writers and scientists urge UK government to save Jodrell Bank Observatory | Astronomy
More than 100 artists, writers and scientists have called for the UK government to save the “world’s clearest…
China’s observatory discovers powerful cosmic particle accelerator
Scientists using China’s Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) recently found that a remarkable binary system in…
Orphaned elephant calf Bungalu survived weeks alone, storms, and a lion attack
After surviving alone in the Kenyan bush for weeks, enduring severe storms and even a lion attack, an…
‘Dumbbell’ atomic pairs tackle decades-old ethanol chemistry problem
From perfumes and synthetic flavorings to plastics and resins, acetaldehyde is a chemical used to make countless everyday…
Ocean sunfish washes up on popular beach
An ocean sunfish has washed up on a popular beach in north Wales. Gray Eaton, a Cheshire artist…
A metal long thought nonmagnetic changes character when stretched
For years, ruthenium dioxide (RuO₂) has kept physicists confused. Depending on which experiment they looked at, the metallic…
Living Underwater in 2026: New Ocean Habitat Just Dropped
A new subsea habitat for humans just dropped (literally), all the way to the ocean floor. The habitat…
AI can test the intelligence of wild monkeys without human help
A wooden box bolted to a platform in a Costa Rican forest can spot a capuchin monkey’s face…
Fossilized wood preserves geological records up to 300 million years
In the Kyffhäuser mountains of central Germany, fossilized wood – in the form of petrified tree trunks –…