Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. Antarctica’s icy plains are a magnet for meteorite hunters like Maria Valdes, a research scientist at the Field Museum of Natural History and the University of Chicago. About 1,000 space rocks are found in the … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. Antarctica’s icy plains are a magnet for meteorite hunters like Maria Valdes, a research scientist at the Field Museum of Natural History and the University of Chicago. About 1,000 space rocks are found in the … Read more
I walk along the steep bank of a raging whitewater stream, and even though the gorge is only about as wide as a highway, the river’s current speed is greater than that of London’s Thames. The deafening roar and rumble of the rushing water is incredible – a humbling reminder of the raw power of … Read more
Since 2007, Michaela Musilová has dreamed of visiting Antarctica. As an astrobiologist, she has two goals: to identify the limits of life on Earth and to assess the possibility that life as we know it exists elsewhere in the universe. Research into how life behaves in the extreme environment of Antarctica is central to her … Read more