You don’t have to read the news or scroll through Instagram for long to come across the latest example of a rare and beautiful species going extinct. Since 1500 AD, at least 705 vertebrate species and 571 plant species have become extinct. Humans have now taken over half of the Earth’s surface for agriculture and … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. NASA’s Perseverance rover may have found a key clue crucial to its Mars mission: geological evidence that could suggest life existed on the Red Planet billions of years ago. The robotic explorer on July 18 … Read more
Some very prominent tech leaders are excited about Donald Trump, and also about JD Vance, a tech VC. In an interesting twist, VC Peter Thiel supported both Trump and Vance, but became disillusioned with Trump after the 2016 election. So how should we think about Vance’s connection to tech and Thiel’s connection to Trump today? … Read more
The programming language of the web is JavaScript (JS), but the lack of static types is the biggest pain point highlighted in the 2023 State of JS survey. We rely on TypeScript (TS) to achieve strong structural type analysis of our code, as noted in our standardization article. Static types help prevent runtime errors on … Read more
Nvidia (NVDA), a pioneer in semiconductors and artificial intelligence, is increasingly looking to use these skills to transform healthcare. “We are committed to working with you to advance this field,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said during a chat at the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference in January. “We truly believe this is the future of how drugs … Read more
Climate change threatens more than a million species with extinction. However, some animals are more resilient to temperature changes and could thrive in a warming world. Not all of these animals are ones you would like to see more often. Some are also carriers of deadly diseases. In the game of climate change there are … Read more
The life cycle of jellyfish can seem almost alien. Some species are closer to true immortality than anything we see in the animal kingdom! These gelatinous marine animals, known for their stinging cells and umbrella-shaped bubbles, live in oceans around the world, but how long do jellyfish live? The typical life cycle of jellyfish Understanding … Read more
Freshwater blue-green algae blooms are a global phenomenon that can impact people, pets, the environment and the economy. And as weather patterns change, the blooms — which prefer warm, nutrient-rich water — are appearing in areas where they normally don’t exist, a researcher says. While blooms typically occur in shallow waters with temperatures above 20 … Read more
For months, the world battled droughts, heat waves, floods and cyclones as one of the most powerful El Niño events ever wreaked havoc on global weather systems. This past summer, India’s lack of rain was so severe that the government had to ban the export of certain varieties of rice. In addition, floods in East … Read more
A poorly understood virus spreading through South America has been linked to stillbirths and birth defects, raising fears of a repeat of the Zika outbreaks that ravaged the continent in 2015. Brazil’s Ministry of Health sounded the alarm about the spread of Oropouche, reporting four cases of microcephaly — where a baby’s head is much … Read more
