Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Archaeologists recently discovered the charred bones of at least four adults, possibly of royal descent, in an ancient Mayan temple pyramid in Guatemala. The cremation signaled a deliberate and potentially public desecration of his remains,… Read More »
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A U.S. congressional committee has released secret Brazilian court orders to suspend accounts on social media platform The Republican-controlled House Judiciary Committee released a staff report late Wednesday describing dozens of decisions by Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordering X to suspend or remove nearly 150 user profiles… Read More »
During World War II, scientists conducted experiments on themselves to help divers and submarine crews. Scientists have performed more than 600 experiments on themselves, breathing in CO2, oxygen and more gases. The British Navy used its data for reconnaissance missions, including before D-Day. On January 18, 1944, a miniature submarine known as the X-craft sailed… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The massive heart-shaped feature on Pluto’s surface has intrigued astronomers since NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft photographed it in 2015. Now researchers think they’ve solved the mystery of how the distinctive heart came to be, and… Read More »
Record floods bring chaos to Dubai – Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images In the summer of 2017, a delegation of visitors from the United Arab Emirates flew to the Berkshire town of Reading. They had come not for a sightseeing tour but to explore how scientists at the university were making progress on the small matter… Read More »
Can I say something controversial? Vacuuming is my favorite housework. No, not because I enjoy pushing around a big floor cleaner, but because I don’t have to. My Robovac does all the work for me (I guess that means I can’t) Really I call this my favorite cleaning task). Technical details aside, owning one of… Read More »
Remote detonation of some of the recovered ammunition -Source: HM Coastguard Borth Bomb squad soldiers carried out a series of controlled explosions on the West Wales coast at what was once a top-secret weapons facility. Various pieces of ordnance from World War 11 were discovered on the coastline just outside Eryri (Snowdonia). The coastguard has… Read More »
Artist’s rendering of a black hole formed when very massive stars collapse at the end of their life cycles (ESA / Hubble, Digitized Sky Survey / Nick Risinger / N Bartmann / Durham University) The largest known black hole in the Milky Way, other than the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy,… Read More »
A dad turned disposable e-cigarettes he collected from gutters into rechargeable flashlights that last up to two weeks and portable power banks for his electronics and musical instruments. Mark Hopgood, 55, a software engineer and musician from Sevenoaks, Kent, has managed to charge his iPhone 8 as well as power his toy keyboard and homemade… Read More »
LONDON (AP) — Data breaches like the recent incident involving millions of AT&T customers are becoming almost a commonplace occurrence. As our lives become more online, our personal data such as email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth and even passcodes become more vulnerable to theft or accidental disclosure. In malicious breaches, cybercriminals can use… Read More »