Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. New research has revealed that the Stonehenge altar stone, which forms the heart of this ancient monument in southern England, was likely moved over 700 kilometres from what is now north-east Scotland almost 5,000 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 hobbit-sized prehistoric man who lived on the Indonesian island of Flores until about 50,000 years ago is surprising scientists in more ways than one. Homo floresiensis, the scientific name for the extinct species, was … Read more
New Delhi — Scientists say the Indian farmers’ eager use of painkillers on their livestock in the 1990s led to the unintended deaths of half a million people and huge economic losses — not from harming livestock, but from the loss of millions of vultures, scavengers that traditionally ate the remains of animals before they … Read more
Sex and gender are often confused or equated in everyday conversation, and most American adults believe that a person’s sex is determined by the gender assigned at birth. But a new study of nearly 5,000 9- and 10-year-olds found that sex and gender are largely mapped to different parts of the brain. The research provides … Read more