Happy Science

Curiosity in action. Happy Science covers discoveries, experiments, and breakthroughs that expand what we understand about the world, reported through the people doing the work and the real-world impact of what they find.

Because the world has enough bad news
: A Five-Minute Walk Every 30 Minutes Cut Blood Sugar Spikes by 60 Percent, and 20,000 People Proved It Works

July 9, 2026

Exercise scientist Keith Diaz discovered that a casual five-minute walk every 30 minutes cuts post-meal

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: The Song That Turned a Ceiling Crash Into a Moment Nobody Planned

July 8, 2026

A live performance of 'Counting Stars' was already building to something when the ceiling rumbled,

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July 4, 2026

A flag went up over a packed stadium on American soil this summer, and the

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Teddy Saunders: Dr. Seuss at Burning Man: Teddy Saunders Brings 'Oh, the Places You'll Go' to the Black Rock Desert

June 25, 2026

In 2011, Teddy Saunders took Dr. Seuss's 'Oh, the Places You'll Go' to the Black

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johnlennon: John Lennon's 'Imagine' Returns in 4K: The Ultimate Mix That Strips the Song Back to Its Bare Bones

June 24, 2026

The 2018 Ultimate Mix of John Lennon's 'Imagine', remastered in 4K with the Plastic Ono

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Veritasium: He Once Worked at Subway. At 58, Yitang Zhang Cracked a Problem Experts Called Impossible.

June 21, 2026

On April 17, 2013, the Annals of Mathematics received a 50-page proof from a name

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Cleo Abram: Scientists Are Finding a New Dinosaur Species Every Week and Almost Everything We Thought We Knew Is Wrong

June 18, 2026

At a bone bed in Alberta, Canada containing an estimated 6,000 to 10,000 Pachyrhinosaurus, paleontologists

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SmarterEveryDay: Destin Sandlin Asked His Friend to Name His Blind Spots. The Answer Stopped Him Cold.

June 16, 2026

Destin Sandlin walked into his friend Daylan Woodall's community college classroom with a camera and

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June 12, 2026

Peter McKinnon drove to Niagara Falls to watch his friend John open 26 completely filled

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June 5, 2026

Mark Rober announced at TED that he and a team of 50 educators have spent

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