Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. For more than a century, scientists have been hunting in vain for skull fossils of the thunderbird species Genyornis newtoni. About 50,000 years ago, these titans, also known as mihirungs, from an Aboriginal term for … Read more
Katrina Cornish spends her days growing dandelions and desert shrubs. She harvests the stretchy rubber substances they produce and uses special machines to dip them into condoms, medical gloves and parts for tracheal tubes. And she thinks these products could change the agricultural landscape in the United States forever. Cornish, a professor at Ohio State … Read more
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — On the upper deck of a three-story building moored near central Rotterdam, brown and white cows graze on hay dropped from a conveyor belt overhead and orange peels salvaged from supermarket juicers in the port city. Overhead canopies protect the cows from the sun and collect rainwater that they will eventually … Read more
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — On the upper deck of a three-story building moored near central Rotterdam, brown and white cows graze on hay dropped from a conveyor belt overhead and orange peels salvaged from supermarket juicers in the port city. Overhead canopies protect the cows from the sun and collect rainwater that they will eventually … Read more