Restaurant customers use water fountains to cool off during a heat wave in Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy, on July 13, 2023. (Francesca Volpi/The New York Times) When heat waves gripped much of the planet last summer, sweltering temperatures stuck around for days or even weeks in many places. As climate change warms the… Read More »
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Sign up for free here. Earth’s oceans are full of abundant life and mystery. To better understand the ocean floor, enterprising marine scientists decided to attach tags equipped with cameras to tiger sharks patrolling the… Read More »
Big Tech I always get my fiver a day. Not fruits and vegetables. I mean the “Big Five” technology companies (Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Microsoft, Meta (Facebook) and Apple), which have their fingerprints on almost every aspect of my daily life. And probably yours too, because their digital infrastructure underpins a significant portion of the internet.… Read More »
Anil Menon is a former SpaceX medical director, flight surgeon, and a newly appointed NASA astronaut. But his most important (and challenging) job, he said, is being a father to his two young children. Menon encourages parents: If you can be a parent, you can be an astronaut, he said. Anil Menon is one of… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. As the total solar eclipse approaches on April 8 in Mexico, the United States and Canada, experts are reminding viewers to buy a pair of eclipse glasses to safely view the celestial event and make… Read More »
Apple CEO Tim Cook shows off a new iPhone 15 Pro (Getty) To the US government, Apple is something of a disease: it is spreading further and further, destroying any competition in its path. The problem infected much of the world and even made the iPhone worse by damaging Apple’s own kernel. The tech giant’s… Read More »
Here’s something Californians may not know: Lifeguards receive a text alert when some great white sharks come within about 100 feet of certain state beaches. The Cal State Long Beach program developed this unique system about six years ago, and since then hundreds of juvenile white sharks have been tagged for monitoring. However, the program… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Scientists may have detected a massive, oddly shaped volcano taller than Mount Everest on the surface of Mars, hiding in plain sight for decades, according to new research. The possible detection of a previously unknown… Read More »