MEXICO CITY (AP) — Sonia Estefanía Palacios Díaz soared above her neighborhood in a cable car one recent morning, scanning a sea of blue and black water tanks, pipes and cables, looking for rain-harvesting systems. “There’s one!” he said, pointing to a black tank connected to a smaller blue unit with connecting pipes that extended… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. An ancient Egyptian woman, her mouth wide open and seemingly screaming forever, captured the imagination of archaeologists who discovered her mummified remains in a tomb near Luxor in 1935. A different team of scientists, still… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Credit: Lionsgate After a few delays, the live-action Borderlands movie is right around the corner. You may be curious about the Eli Roth-directed sci-fi adventure, but if you know nothing about the universe or the games used as source… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Photo: Yuichiro Chino/Xuanyu Han/Getty Images This article was originally published at: Speech. The publication contributed the article to Space.com Expert Voices: Views and Opinions. Sam McKee He is a researcher and assistant lecturer/tutor in the philosophy of science at… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. In addition to being a symbol of love and romance, the rose is also known for the prickly thorns that often protrude from its stems, which ward off animals that would otherwise nibble on the… Read More »
There are more than 500 species of sharks in the world’s oceans, from the 7-inch dwarf lantern shark to whale sharks that can grow to over 35 feet in length. They are found from polar waters to the equator, at the surface and miles deep, in the open ocean, along coasts, and even in some… Read More »
Stars are not fixed and unchanging, as many ancient people thought. Sometimes a star appears where it was not before, and then disappears within a few days or weeks. The earliest record of such a “guest star,” as it was called by ancient Chinese astronomers, is that of a star that suddenly appeared in the… Read More »
Wildfires, fire vortices, towering thunderstorms: When fires grow large and hot enough, they can create their own weather conditions. In these extreme fire situations, firefighters’ usual methods of direct fire control fail, and wildfires rage out of control. Firefighters saw many of these risks in the massive Park Fire that burned near Chico, California, in… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. Mercury, the smallest planet in the Solar System and the planet closest to the Sun, may have a diamond layer as thick as 18 kilometers (11 miles) beneath its surface. Diamonds may have formed shortly… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Credit: Astroscale Astroscale’s ADRAS-J orbital inspection mission captured every aspect of the target piece of space debris up close. The stunning images of the 36-foot (11-meter) long rocket stage were captured from a distance of just 164 feet (50… Read More »