Every six seconds, in a factory on the northern edge of Stockholm, a top-secret printer prints pages worth thousands of euros each. Each contains 108 miniature solar cells, which will soon find their way into everyday gadgets from keyboards to headphones, fundamentally changing the way we interact with technology. According to their creators, they will… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Saturday’s launch of the highly anticipated crewed maiden voyage of Boeing’s Starliner is off the table, and NASA has announced a new target date. Starliner’s first flight carrying astronauts is expected to lift off at… Read More »
What’s the worst part of owning a pool? Easy: Clean up. It’s a shame no one has made a Roomba for pools yet. Wait a minute what? They have? Yes: The best-selling Aiper Seagull SE Robotic Pool Cleaner moves around the bottom of your pool, vacuuming up loose debris, leaves, and other debris you don’t… Read More »
Taylor Swift wore the $185 posture-correcting Forme Power Bra while rehearsing for her Eras tour. The bra is designed to “instantly improve upper body alignment” and correct your posture. Beth Linker, author of “Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America” is skeptical of such products. It seems even global pop stars have trouble standing tall. Taylor… Read More »
Ask Google if cats have been found on the moon and it posts a ranked list of websites so you can discover the answer for yourself. Now it instantly finds an answer produced by artificial intelligence, which may be right or wrong. “Yes, astronauts met, played with and cared for cats on the moon,” Google’s… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Maybe “birdbrained” isn’t such an insult after all—crows, the ubiquitous city bird, can vocally count to four, according to recent research. Curious creatures can not only count, but also match the number of calls they… Read More »
At first glance, the image doesn’t look like much: a few patches of bright yellow stars among fainter white stars. There is a spot in the middle that looks like a collection of stars. But zooming in reveals a completely different story. This blob is not stars at all, but dozens upon dozens of galaxies.… Read More »
A new public archives facility in Grande Prairie will help preserve the history of Alberta’s South Peace region for future generations. “People can come and contribute their own history,” Ellyn Vandekerkhove, executive director of the Southern Peace Regional Archives, said at Wednesday’s grand opening. Formerly located at the Grande Prairie Museum, the archives now occupy… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. In front of a crowd of reporters, inventor Thomas Midgley Jr. poured lead additive onto his hands and then began inhaling the fumes for about a minute. “I can do this every day without any… Read More »
Amid widespread gaps in U.S. testing for H5N1, a type of bird flu, and with the detection of a second case among humans, scientists are turning to more creative ways to track the outbreak — particularly in human and animal feces. Scientists and officials are expanding wastewater monitoring across the U.S. and encouraging community members… Read More »