Credit – Illustration by TIME; Getty Images OAfter a recent trip to Tucson, I heard no complaints about losing an hour of sleep. On March 10, 2024 – when most clocks across the country will move forward an hour for daylight saving time – no one in that city will be wondering how to adjust … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. A daring plan to genetically engineer a version of the woolly mammoth, the Ice Age tusk giant that disappeared 4,000 years ago, is making some progress, according to the scientists involved. The long-term goal is … Read more
When it comes to the question of the fastest fighter jetYou can choose to compare only the fighter jets that are still in service, or you can consider every last fighter jet that ever graced the sky – and we chose to go with the latter. When it comes to aviation technology, fighter jets have … Read more
This illustration of Europa shows how its icy surface can shine even on the night side, as Jupiter continually bombards it with radiation.NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Juno mission discovered that Jupiter’s icy moon Europa produces 1,000 tons of oxygen every 24 hours. It’s enough to keep a million people breathing for a day, but it’s much less … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. Archimedes, often called the father of mathematics, was one of the most famous inventors in ancient Greece, and some of his ideas and principles are still used today. But one legendary device has had scientists … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. A peculiar fossil has helped scientists discover an unusual bird that lived among the dinosaurs 120 million years ago, and the find is changing the way researchers think about bird evolution. The previously unknown species … Read more
The April 2024 total solar eclipse will be the last visible from the contiguous United States until 2044. Here’s how to prepare for it STR/AFP via Getty Solar eclipse seen from China in January 2010.” src=”https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/SkRyfcUVetZc0XZ..i01dQ–/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MQ–/https://media.zenfs.com /en/people_218/eb8bea94483881826bcb8c28bba5e3c5″ class=”caas-img”/> STR/AFP via Getty Solar eclipse seen from China in January 2010. According to NASA, a solar eclipse … Read more
Frank Herbert’s Dune is an epic science fiction story with an ecological message at its core. The novels and films are set on the desert planet Arrakis, which several characters dream of transforming into a greener world – just as some imagine Mars today. We examined Arrakis using a climate model, a computer program similar … Read more
Farmers across Europe are protesting against changes in regulations and subsidy schemes. Smaller protests have spread across Britain – especially in Wales, where thousands have voiced their grievances over the recent update to the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS). This is the Welsh Government’s proposed plan to replace the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which spent … Read more