WASHINGTON (AP) — To understand what really works as countries try to combat climate change, researchers examined 1,500 ways countries have tried to reduce heat-trapping gases. Their answer: Many have failed. And success often means someone has to pay a price, whether at the gas station or elsewhere. According to a new study published Thursday… Read More »
The storm that sank the luxury yacht Bayesian off the coast of Sicily was sudden, violent and deadly. Scientists say it could be a warning of what’s to come as global warming causes more extreme weather in the Mediterranean. The superyacht, carrying 22 people, sank near the port of Porticello in the early hours of… Read More »
Brain-computer interfaces are a groundbreaking technology that can help people with paralysis regain lost functions, such as moving a hand. These devices record signals from the brain and decode the user’s intended action by bypassing damaged or impaired nerves that would normally transmit those brain signals to control muscles. Since 2006, demonstrations of brain-computer interfaces… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Simulation of a black hole tearing apart an unfortunate star and throwing it out “like bad curry” | Source: Daniel Price (2024) “What happens when you throw a star into a black hole?” That’s not a question we can… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. The North Star as seen from France. | Source: Getty Images In our solar system, six eggshell-white telescopes, spread out across one of Earth’s verdant mountainsides, peer into the deep universe. The domed structures work as a single, cohesive… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. A common species of orb-weaving spider that lives in rice fields and around ponds in central China spins new webs every evening at sunset, trapping fireflies that begin to flash, flicker and emit light at… Read More »
Human-wildlife overlap is projected to increase across more than half of all land areas worldwide by 2070. The primary driver of these changes is human population growth. That’s the key finding of our newly published study in the journal Science Advances. Our research suggests that as the human population grows, people and animals will share… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. An object detected with the help of citizen scientists has been revealed to be moving so fast through the Milky Way that it was able to escape the galaxy’s gravity and reach intergalactic space. The… Read More »
The Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica has earned the nickname “Doomsday Glacier” because of its potential to inundate coastlines around the world if it collapses. It contributes about 4% of annual sea level rise as it loses ice, and one theory is that the glacier could soon begin to collapse into the ocean like a line… Read More »
Scientific theory has had a hard time in America’s public schools. Nearly 100 years ago, science teacher John Scopes was convicted of violating a Tennessee law prohibiting the teaching of the theory of evolution. Although his conviction was overturned on a technicality in 1927, laws prohibiting classes on Darwin’s theory persisted for another 40 years.… Read More »