More than 7% of cars sold in the United States in 2023 were electric vehicles. In some parts of the world, such as Norway, this rate has reached a whopping 20 percent. In California, where I live, almost 60% of people looking for a car in 2021 said they would at least consider buying an… Read More »
One of the greatest privileges of being a primatologist is spending time with monkeys and monkeys in remote places, living alongside these animals in their habitats and experiencing their daily lives. As a 21st century person, I am tempted to take photos of these encounters and share them on social media. Social media can help… Read More »
Putting a computer into someone’s brain used to sound like the stuff of science fiction. Today this is a reality. Academic and commercial groups are testing “brain-computer interface” devices to enable people with disabilities to work more independently. But Elon Musk’s company Neuralink has put this technology front and center in discussions of security, ethics… Read More »
While space agencies plan future manned missions to Mars and NASA hopes to have humans set foot on the Red Planet in the 2030s, scientists warn that astronauts themselves could pose a threat to those missions. This threat may well be living inside their bodies. Using simulated Martian conditions such as the planet’s lack of… Read More »
SpaceX will launch a custom-built lunar lander to the moon for the company Intuitive Machines on February 14, and if you want to know where and when it will lift off, we’ve got you covered. The IM-1 mission will launch Intuitive Machines’ first Nova-C spacecraft to the moon from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida… Read More »
SpaceX has prepared a Falcon 9 rocket for launch early Wednesday to send a commercially built robotic lander to the Moon, the first targeted landing near the Moon’s south pole, where NASA’s Artemis astronauts plan to walk within a few years. The flight came just five weeks after another US company’s failed attempt to land… Read More »
For the first time, astronomers have detected dark matter hanging from huge filaments that form a “cosmic web” that stretches across the universe and traps galaxies in a spider web like morning dew. Researchers from Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, indirectly observed dark matter sitting on cosmic web filaments using the Subaru Telescope, an… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. “The meeting of lips is the most perfect, most divine feeling given to humans, the highest limit of happiness.” I wrote 19he In the 1882 short story “The Kiss” by the 18th century French writer… Read More »
A climate change diet for polar bears is a losing proposition, a new study suggests. As Arctic sea ice shrinks due to climate change, many polar bears are forced to shift their diet to land during parts of the summer. A study examining Hudson Bay polar bears is trying to figure out whether they can… Read More »
The sending of human remains to the Moon along with scientific instruments by Peregrine 1, the first commercial landing vehicle on the Moon on January 8, 2024, caused controversy. Buu Nygren, chief of the Navajo Nation, objected, saying that “the moon has a sacred place” in Navajo and other tribal traditions and should not be… Read More »