By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – Hello Health Tour Readers! Sometimes science is just so cool. Today, we’re reporting on a study that’s doing what H.G. Wells predicted 100 years ago in “The Invisible Man.” We’re also reporting on a new use of artificial intelligence that could improve heart failure diagnosis in pregnant women, and the… Read More »
Historically, most space mission systems have used a single spacecraft designed to complete an entire mission autonomously. Whether a weather satellite or a human-crewed module like Apollo, nearly every spacecraft has deployed and completed a single mission entirely autonomously. But today, space industry organizations are exploring missions that involve many satellites working together. SpaceX’s Starlink… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. Sixty-six million years ago, the story of life on Earth took a dramatic turn when an asteroid struck the Yucatán Peninsula in Chicxulub, Mexico. The aftereffects of the impact resulted in the extinction of an… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. Continuing excavations at an ancient Greek city in western Turkey have unearthed artifacts and archaeological remains dating back to the 5th century BC, including a jar filled with an untold number of valuable gold coins… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. An ancient insect-like sea creature with a fan-shaped tail and a shell covering its body swam upside down and resembled a taco—only this taco could bite. Newly discovered fossils of the extinct arthropod Odaraia alata… Read More »
As a species, humans like to think we have complete control over our decisions and behaviors. But just below the surface, forces beyond our conscious control influence how we think and act: our genes. Since the 1950s, scientists have been studying the effects of genes on human health. This has led medical professionals, researchers, and… Read More »
As a species, humans like to think we have complete control over our decisions and behaviors. But just below the surface, forces beyond our conscious control influence how we think and act: our genes. Since the 1950s, scientists have been studying the effects of genes on human health. This has led medical professionals, researchers, and… Read More »
Hollywood film executive Gavin Smith appeared to be living a glamorous life with his picture-perfect family in California. But behind the scenes, things were different and a tragic turn of events turned his seemingly fairytale life into a horror movie. The 57-year-old father of three was living in Calabasas, a wealthy suburb of Los Angeles,… Read More »
Scientists say a unique plant has become the first species to be wiped out from the wild in the U.S. due to the combined effects of rising seas. It’s a bleak first but not the last, as scientists fear the plant’s extinction could be a “precursor” to other species as the climate crisis takes hold.… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances, and more. Fossil chromosomes have been found in a piece of woolly mammoth skin unearthed from the permafrost in Siberia, the first of its kind, according to new research. Researchers unearthed the 52,000-year-old remains in 2018 near… Read More »