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Fandom Happiness Study Crowns Stray Kids Fans #1 Out of 106 Artists

A large-scale sentiment analysis of over 1.5 million Reddit comments ranked Stray Kids' fandom as the happiest out of 106 popular artists — and the brain science of parasocial bonds may explain why. Will Lewis - August 6, 2026

Voyager 2 Extended: NASA Unlocked a Hidden Power Reserve 13 Billion Miles Away

With Voyager 2's nuclear power source fading to under 70 watts, JPL engineers unlocked an untapped voltage reserve in 2025, extending the interstellar spacecraft's science mission without cutting any instruments. James Loftus - August 6, 2026

Gobi Desert Fossil Reshuffles the Mammal Family Tree After 40 Years

A remarkably complete Cretaceous mammal skeleton named Ravjaa ishii, recovered from Mongolia's Gobi Desert, has resolved a four-decade dispute over where the enigmatic group Zhelestidae belongs in early mammal evolution — forcing scientists to redraw a key branch of the family tree. Asher John - August 6, 2026

Homo antecessor Cannibalized Adults and Children in Spain 850,000 Years Ago

Twenty-four new human fossil fragments from Spain's Gran Dolina cave show Homo antecessor systematically cannibalized both adults and children roughly 850,000 years ago, with cut marks and marrow-extraction fractures spanning tens of thousands of years of occupation. Alexander Gabriel - August 6, 2026

Ancient Maryland Spearhead Yields Mammoth Blood, Upending Eastern Shore History

A knapped-stone spearhead quietly held in the Dorchester County Historical Society has yielded molecular traces linked to mammoth blood, marking the first known evidence of Paleoamerican mammoth hunting on Maryland's Eastern Shore and reshaping what researchers know about the region's earliest human inhabitants. Will Lewis - August 5, 2026

Sleep Incentives Raised College Grades — Here’s What Happens in Your Brain

A study using financial incentives to shift college students' bedtimes earlier found that more sleep directly improved academic performance — and the neuroscience of memory consolidation explains exactly why. James Loftus - August 5, 2026

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