A few weeks ago, Joe Fontaine stood in the middle of one of Western Australia’s eucalyptus forests on a hot, dry day, free from the often loud background noise of birdsong. “I could hear this scratching-crunching sound coming from the trees,” says Fontaine, a forest ecologist at Murdoch University in Perth. A handful of bark-peeling… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. Astronomers have detected a rainbow-like phenomenon occurring on a planet outside our solar system for the first time, and it could reveal new information about alien worlds. Observations by the European Space Agency’s Cheops space… Read More »
American philosopher Daniel Dennett, who has died aged 82, was, along with Richard Dawkins, one of the leading advocates of Darwinism and one of the fiercest debaters in the academic community. Dennett argued that everything should be understood in terms of natural processes, and that terms such as “intelligence”, “free will”, “consciousness”, “justice”, “soul” or… Read More »
A chatbot acts hostile. The test version of the Roomba vacuum cleaner collects images of users in their private situations. A black woman is incorrectly identified as a suspect based on facial recognition software; this software tends to be less accurate at identifying women and people of color. These events are not just disruptions, but… Read More »
Around 10 percent of the population is thought to be dyslexic What do Richard Branson, Delia Smith and Tom Cruise have in common? And no, this isn’t the beginning of a bad joke. The unifying link is that they are all dyslexic. Around 10 per cent of the population is thought to be dyslexic, according… Read More »
Multiple sclerosis can affect your ability to walk -Credit:Kinga Krzeminska A simple blood test may soon be able to detect early signs of multiple sclerosis (MS), years before symptoms appear. US researchers have found a marker in the blood of people who are on track to develop a debilitating autoimmune disease. This breakthrough could lead… Read More »
Frontotemporal dementia is the fastest advancing area of research in the field of dementia. Frontotemporal dementia is one of the most common types of dementia that occurs before age 65. Although symptoms usually begin in the late 60s, they can also appear as early as age 30 or as young as 90. The good news… Read More »
Ear Nothing (a) reviewSimon Taps Since the launch of Nothing’s Ear (1), the brand has competed at the dense budget end of the true wireless headphone market, where hundreds of rivals vie for second place behind Apple’s ubiquitous AirPods. However, before the Ear (2) emerged, the London-based startup had already had to abandon the £99… Read More »