It’s not just toxic chemical waste and mysterious barrels littering the seabed off the coast of Los Angeles. Oceanographers have now discovered what appears to be a huge dumping ground of military weaponry. As part of an unprecedented effort to map and better understand the history of ocean dumping in the region, scientists have found … Read more
The Nintendo Switch OLED (Nintendo) The Nintendo Switch 2 has a lot to live up to. As the successor to one of the best-selling consoles of all time, expectations for the new gaming device are sky high. Nintendo has been here before. When it was under pressure to follow up on the successful Wii console, … Read more
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — China and India scored moon landings, while Russia, Japan and Israel ended up in the lunar junk pile. Now two private companies are trying to get the U.S. back into the game, more than five decades after the Apollo program ended. It’s part of a NASA-backed effort to kick-start commercial … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. Rammed earth sections of the Great Wall of China – built by compressing natural materials with earth – are considered a weak point in its structure. But these parts of the iconic landmark developed a … Read more
Public domain/Wikimedia Commons Claim: George Washington died before dinosaurs were discovered. Judgement: Rating: true Context: Although humans have likely lived alongside dinosaur fossils for thousands of years, a fossilized dinosaur bone was first described in 1842 – more than four years after George Washington’s death. That George Washington died before it was discovered that dinosaurs … Read more
Men with genetic factors linked to bisexual attraction tend to have more children, a new study shows. The paper published Wednesday in Science Advances found evidence for genetic variations that contribute to both bisexual attraction in men and increased risk taking. These findings help resolve a paradox at the heart of evolutionary theory – while … Read more
It’s January and that means the entire tech world, with the notable exception of Apple (AAPL), will soon descend on Las Vegas for CES 2024. The annual consumer electronics trade show, which runs from January 9 to 12, serves as a showcase for the biggest technology trends that are likely to make their way into … Read more
Afterto graduatesecondary school, Jacqueline Child – like so many other busy twenty-somethings looking for a partner or a date – dove into the tumultuous world of dating apps. In 2019, a few weeks after she started actively trying to meet someone, she matched with a man on Bumble. When they decided to meet in person, … Read more