Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. When NASA scientists tracked the orbits of two space rocks that recently approached Earth, they made a surprising discovery: One of the asteroids has a small moon. Astronomers regularly track the orbits of asteroids to… Read More »
When it comes to diet and nutrition, various trends come and go. Recently, veganism has emerged as a major movement alongside other dietary practices such as keto, paleo, and intermittent fasting. This growing interest in veganism reflects a broader shift towards conscious eating habits. This trend appears to be driven by a combination of ethical… Read More »
In a small village deep in the dark Amazon jungle of Peru, there is a 108-year-old shaman. He is tired. He feels his journey on planet Earth is over. He wants to die. My mother left this earthly plane when she was 68. She had wanted to spend her twilight years traveling, but it was… Read More »
As one big Conservative monster after another comes face to face Hunger Games On election night, one escaped the carnage: the former Conservative leader, Sir Iain Duncan Smith, stood on the podium with former and current Labour candidates who had done him a great service by their bitter infighting. The electoral officer for Chingford and… Read More »
TULSA, Okla. — Jeanette Batchelor-Young had been searching for her roots for years when she got a message that would change everything she thought she knew about her origin story. There were still too many gaps in her family history: Batchelor-Young had lived with her father for a short time until he died, and then… Read More »
Nova Scotia feels like a place that should be remote, northern and, above all, cold. It’s perhaps surprising, then, that flights from London to its capital, Halifax, take less than six hours. Perhaps even more surprising, this southeastern corner of Canada lies on roughly the same latitude as Burgundy. And yes, it does have some… Read More »
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Sign up for free here. The grasslands, glaciers, and snow-capped peaks of the Tibetan Plateau are breathtaking, but this vast area in Central Asia is also one of the harshest environments on Earth. Thirty years… Read More »
Top advisers have warned that the “unpredictable” or even “unstable” Emmanuel Macron could resign after a second round of parliamentary elections on Sunday. “I know the man, this is not science fiction,” a former senior adviser told The Telegraph of the French president, whose centrist alliance is likely to be left with half the number… Read More »
Extreme turbulence incidents appear to be on the rise. The latest was on July 2 when an Air Europa flight travelling from Spain to Uruguay injured more than 30 passengers and forced an emergency landing in Brazil. It is one of a number of high-profile incidents in recent years. In May, a British grandfather was… Read More »
Some of Rishi Sunak’s closest allies have faced a furious backlash after they were rewarded by the former prime minister despite their “mad” role in calling an early election. In a sign of growing anger within party ranks over the decision to hold an early election and concerns about the way it was conducted, former… Read More »
