The art of falling asleep appears to have been mastered by breeding chinstrap penguins, which take more than 10,000 naps a day, with each nap lasting an average of four seconds, a new study shows. Using this strategy, the animals rack up about 11 hours of sleep every day, challenging a pattern observed in humans … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ask most people what the annual U.N. climate talks are and the likely answer will be: “Huh?” Ask those who know and the answer may be, “Why should I worry?” The negotiations, called Conference of Parties, last almost two weeks and are in their 28th edition in Dubai. Delegates … Read more
The spread of false narratives surrounding three recent extreme weather events in Latin America shows how climate change disinformation in Spanish and Portuguese can undermine efforts to tackle and mitigate the effects of global warming in the region, according to a new study released Wednesday. Environmental organizations Roots and Friends of the Earth, part of … Read more
“In 1976, Janet and I signed up for an ‘astronomy cruise’ to Bermuda. One evening we were on deck where Fred Hess, a planetarium expert, pointed out the star patterns visible to the naked eye. Janet used her binoculars to look at the stars the objects described, and the highlight came when we saw the … Read more
By Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) -In Texas, oil and gas producer Occidental Petroleum is building a massive facility to suck 500,000 tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere annually to prevent the climate from warming, a project backed by hundreds of millions of dollars in investment firm BlackRock. In Louisiana, a consortium of companies, including Switzerland’s … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Pressure to phase out fossil fuels increased Thursday on the oil company chief who took over fragile international climate negotiations that began in Dubai amid concerns about what some say are conflicting dual roles are. The newly installed climate chief started on the right track, and not just because … Read more
The Earth emerged 4.5 billion years ago, and life less than a billion years after that. Although life as we know it depends on four major macromolecules – DNA, RNA, proteins and lipids – it is believed that only one was present at the beginning of life: RNA. It’s no surprise that RNA probably came … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Middle East will host its second consecutive U.N. climate conference in the next two weeks, with countries hoping to agree on new ways to prevent the planet from overheating by the end of the century. warms up. There are many distractions, especially the war between Israel and Hamas. … Read more
Astronomers have discovered an unusual star system located just 100 light-years away from us, with six planets immensely close to their parent star – so close, in fact, that all their orbits could fit within the distance between the stars. Mercury and our sun. It’s puzzling that this new part of the cosmos, unlike our … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. Three-toed fossil footprints dating back more than 210 million years were pressed into soft mud by bipedal reptiles with feet like a bird’s, a new analysis of the tracks has revealed. The footprints, found at … Read more