Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. Grapes have been intertwined with humanity’s story for thousands of years, forming the basis of the wines our ancestors produced thousands of years ago – but according to new research, that might not have been… Read More »
Electroencephalography, or EEG, was invented over 100 years ago. In the years since this device for monitoring brain electricity was invented, it has had an incredible impact on the way scientists study the human brain. Since its first use, the EEG has shaped researchers’ understanding of cognition, from perception to memory, and has also been… Read More »
Three years ago, Google outlined an ambitious plan to address climate change: to achieve “net zero,” meaning no more climate-changing gases than it already emits into the air by 2030. But a report from the company on Tuesday suggests the company is no closer to meeting that goal. Instead of decreasing, its emissions increase by… Read More »
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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. Earthquakes, caused by the shifting of Earth’s tectonic plates, have the potential to change the face of the world. Now, for the first time, scientists have evidence that earthquakes can reroute rivers: It happened in… Read More »
Planetary scientists have found that sub-Neptunian planets that dance at the same time as the rest of their planetary systems are less dense than those that don’t. Although they are noticeably distant from the solar system, the most common planets in the Milky Way are known as “sub-Neptunes,” or worlds between Earth and the ice… Read More »
Forget “little green men”; it was the “little red dots” in the infant universe that caught the eye of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Scientists say the strange red objects hide stars that models suggest are “too old” to have existed in early cosmic times, as well as black holes thousands of times more… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. The Chinese government now has something no human has ever encountered before: rocks and soil taken from the dark side of the Moon. The successful return of Chang’e-6 to the lunar surface with its historic… Read More »
In the early morning hours of the first Saturday in January, Tomas Rokicki and several hundred enthusiasts gathered in a large auditorium at the Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco. A major mathematics conference was underway, and Rokicki, a retired programmer living in Palo Alto, California, had helped organize a special two-day session on “serious… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. Painted lady butterflies travel far and wide, with impressive migration patterns spanning thousands of miles; However, they mostly travel by land so they can stop to rest. Scientists have found evidence that a group of… Read More »