Probiotics have been attracting a lot of attention lately. These bacteria, which you can consume from fermented foods, yogurt, and even pills, have been linked to a number of health and wellness benefits, including reducing gastrointestinal upset, urinary tract infections, and eczema. But can they also improve your mood? Behavior and mental health are complex.… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. About 5,200 years ago, a man’s life came to a violent end in a peat bog in northwestern Denmark. Now researchers have used advanced genetic analysis to tell the unlikely story of “Vittrup Man,” the… Read More »
If aliens are synchronizing their signals with the light from supernova 1987A, then search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) is handling the case. Scientists at the institution say they can find such signals by looking for them in a place called the “SETI Ellipsoid”. About 167,600 years ago, a blue supergiant star exploded. supernova inside Large… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The Odysseus lunar lander, nicknamed “Odie” or IM-1, embarked on a historic journey to the lunar surface, aiming to make the first lunar landing of a US-made spacecraft in fifty years. The launch comes on… Read More »
Lighting up the deep sky overnight, a Falcon 9 rocket roared away from Florida early Thursday, supporting a commercially built robotic lander flying to the moon. If successful, it will be the first American spacecraft to reach the lunar surface in more than 50 years. It was SpaceX’s second flight in less than eight hours,… Read More »
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Rental properties are on the rise after back-to-back storms battered the Northeast in January. Haim Levy A property owner on New Hampshire’s Hampton coast was battered by nearly two feet of water, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage and prompting him to evacuate tenants to safer ground. “Put them… Read More »
Astronomers may have solved the mystery of why the death shrouds of dead stars appear to lack sulfur, an element once known as “brimstone” and associated with the Biblical phrase “fire and brimstone.” According to theory, significant amounts of sulfur should be present in stellar debris fields throughout the universe. So where did the sulfur… Read More »
Valentine’s Day won’t be all hearts and flowers for some “kissing stars”; in other words, stars that exist as close binaries, one locked in a waltz that leaves a shrunken shell and the other a swollen sphere. . When astronomers zoomed in on a group of such “strange double” stars, they discovered that the bodies… Read More »
A new study has found that extreme wind and rain could lead to bigger and worse desert locust outbreaks, while human-caused climate change is likely to intensify weather patterns and cause higher outbreak risks. The desert locust, a short-horned species found in some dry regions of northern and eastern Africa, the Middle East, and southern… Read More »
A community of detectives hunting down errors in scientific research has sent shockwaves through some of the most prestigious research institutions in the world and the scientific community at large. High-profile cases of alleged image manipulation in articles written by the former president of Stanford University and leaders of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have made… Read More »