SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A common thread of questions arose last week among visitors to Arches National Park in Utah after the collapse of the iconic rock arch known as the “Toilet Bowl” in Lake Powell. Are these arches also at risk of collapsing soon? What are you doing to prevent them from collapsing?… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. German astronomer Johannes Kepler created drawings of sunspots based on his observations of the Sun’s surface in 1607, and centuries later, these pioneering drawings are helping scientists solve a mystery about the Sun. Although everything… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Anthem. | Credit: Chris Vaughan/Starry Night Scientists are turning to machine learning to aid in extraterrestrial sample analysis. “This machine learning algorithm can help us by quickly filtering the data and showing us which data might be the most… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Source: NASA Boeing’s two Starliner astronauts could learn their fate within the next two weeks — but for now NASA doesn’t know when the duo will return home. So for now, the spacecraft’s crew, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. Stonehenge’s Altar Stone, located at the heart of the ancient monument in southern England, may have been transported more than 700 kilometres (430 miles) from the site in what is now northeastern Scotland around 5,000… Read More »
Scientists say they have solved the mystery of the 6-tonne rock at the centre of Stonehenge. The discovery deepens the mystery of the site. The “altar stone,” the sandstone boulder at the center of the ancient monument, likely came from modern-day Scotland, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. That means it… Read More »
Nelson Cheney, 36, started eating hot peppers and sauces as a kid to impress his father. Years later, he still eats them, only now for his 1.1 million followers on TikTok. Cheney, known on social media as “@craving_capsaicin” (a reference to the chemical compound that gives hot peppers their spiciness), was caught up in the… Read More »
All mammals have milk-producing mammary glands, a feature that has fascinated scientists for many years. Questions remain largely unanswered, including why mammary glands evolved in the first place, how they have adapted across species, and what unique evolutionary pressures shaped their development. To investigate how diverse species develop unique solutions to biological challenges, my team… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. For six months in the year 1181, a dying star streaked across the night sky. The striking object appeared as bright as Saturn near the constellation Cassiopeia and was recorded as a “guest star” in… Read More »
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has violated environmental regulations by repeatedly releasing pollutants into or near bodies of water in Texas, a state agency’s violation notice said, focusing on the flooding system at the Starbase launch facility. The notice from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) last week comes five months after the Environmental Protection Agency’s… Read More »