First Lady in March Jill Biden The White House announced a women’s health initiative and touted a seemingly vague research question: What if you could delay menopause and all its associated health risks? The question comes from an area of research that has begun to gain attention in the last few years; Scientists who study… Read More »
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.com. Why do some planets have moons and some don’t? – Siddharth, 6 years old, Texas On Earth, you can look up at night and see the Moon shining from hundreds… Read More »
OREGONIA, Ohio (AP) — At the end of their week-long sleepaway camp, a hush falls over the boisterous kids at YMCA’s Camp Kern as they prepare for a treasured annual tradition: After performing songs and skits around the bonfire, they write down their favorite memories on scraps of paper. Most years they throw them into… Read More »
Debris from a suspected Chinese rocket was seen crashing over a village in southwestern China on Saturday, sending up bright yellow smoke and sending villagers fleeing, according to videos on Chinese social media and sent to CNN by a local eyewitness. Dramatic images emerged online shortly after the Long March 2C carrier rocket exploded at… Read More »
For millions of years, mighty baobabs have stood guard over three different lands, asking each other an existential question: Who came first? Giant trees with swollen trunks and short canopies are clearly visible. Baobabs can live for more than 1,000 years and act as a keystone species in dry forest environments in Madagascar, part of… Read More »
I remember learning to forecast the weather in college in the late 2000s. My classmates and I would draw maps using existing weather systems and then look at satellite data to help paint the picture of what would happen in the coming hours and days. NOAA’s weather satellites were good back then, but compared to… Read More »
The next wave of obesity drugs is coming soon. Pharmaceutical companies are racing to develop GLP-1 drugs following the blockbuster success of Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro and Zepbound. Some experimental drugs may go beyond diabetes and weight loss, improving liver and heart function while also reducing side effects such as… Read More »
CNN Original Series “Violent World with Liev Schreiber” explores harrowing weather events like hurricanes and wildfires that are increasingly common in our changing climate. The final episode will air on Sunday at 9pm ET/PT. The snow-capped peak of Mount Rainier, located 4.3 kilometers (2.7 miles) above sea level in Washington state, has not produced a… Read More »
It was a moment like no other for a group of well-wishers, including this reporter, standing with their noses up, squinting at the sky, at California’s Mojave Airport on June 21, 2004. Escape the White Knight mothership, the rocket engine propelling the experimental suborbital vehicle SpaceshipA The vehicle came to life, expertly controlled by test… Read More »
The first full day of summer 2024 has ended with the cherry on top, or in this case, a strawberry. The Strawberry Moon of 2024, June’s full moon, rose globally just after sunset last night, delighting stargazers around the world. According to Space.com’s list of full moon names, the Strawberry full moon is named after… Read More »