Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more What lies beneath the waves is one of the greatest mysteries of our planet. About half of the Earth’s surface remains unknown and unexplored, partly because humans have only mapped a quarter of the seafloor,… Read More »
The human brain, more than any other trait, distinguishes our species. Over the last 7 million years or more, it has grown in size and complexity, enabling us to use language, plan for the future, and coordinate with each other on a scale never before seen in the history of life. But our brains come… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more New research suggests that rocky fragments from the tiny asteroid Dimorphos, which NASA’s DART spacecraft intentionally hit in 2022, could create the first man-made meteor shower, known as the Dimorphids. The space agency planned the… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. This high-resolution image of asteroid Dimorphos was created by combining the last 10 full-frame images obtained by the NASA DART probe’s Didymos Reconnaissance and Asteroid Camera for Optical Navigation (DRACO) and layering the higher-resolution images over the lower-resolution images.… Read More »
Summary Researchers are experimenting with biosensors that can monitor a worker’s vital signs and alert them if they are showing signs of heat stroke. The four-year study involved more than 150 farmers in Florida who wore sensors in their fields. Farm workers are 35 times more likely to die from heat stress than other workers.… Read More »
NASA is shifting two female astronauts, including the commander, to the International Space Station on SpaceX’s next crew rotation flight, freeing up two seats for the agency’s Starliner astronauts to head home next February. Rookie Crew 9 commander Zena Cardman and veteran Stephanie Wilson will stay behind when the Crew Dragon ferry ship carrying crewmate… Read More »
Curious Kids is a series for kids of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. What is space made of – what does gravity actually bend? – Phil, aged 12, Birmingham When you think of space, what comes to mind? Imagine a friend bragging about… 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, submerged bridge discovered in a cave on the Spanish island of Mallorca is helping researchers determine when humans first settled on islands in the western Mediterranean thousands of years ago. A new analysis… Read More »
A new study has found that marmosets can communicate with each other by name and understand when they are addressed, adding to the list of species that exhibit such behavior and becoming the first non-human primate to do so. The monkeys use special calls known as “phee-calls” to call to each other, a “highly cognitive”… Read More »
KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) — In a residential neighborhood in upstate New York, college students this summer dug and sifted through the dirt in their backyard as part of an archaeological exploration of a centuries-old African American burial ground. Now covered in green grass in the city of Kingston, it was part of a cemetery for… Read More »