Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. A small stone vial discovered in southeastern Iran contained a red cosmetic that archaeologists say was likely used as a lip color nearly 4,000 years ago. The rare find is “probably the earliest” example of … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. A megastructure found in the Baltic Sea may represent one of the oldest known hunting structures used in the Stone Age – and could change what is known about how hunter-gatherers lived some 11,000 years … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. A megastructure found in the Baltic Sea may represent one of the oldest known hunting structures used in the Stone Age – and could change what is known about how hunter-gatherers lived some 11,000 years … Read more
If we can rely on sea sponges that track temperatures, climate change is much more advanced than scientists have estimated. A new study using ocean organisms called sclerosponges to measure Earth’s average temperature suggests the world has already warmed by about 1.7 degrees Celsius over the past 300 years – at least half a degree … Read more
Five patients in the United Kingdom have developed Alzheimer’s disease that appears to be the result of contaminated injections they received decades ago as children, according to a new study that could change the way scientists think about the causes of dementia – and anxiety can cause in patients receiving the same therapy. All five … Read more