Wildfires in California have been increasing at a growing rate since 1980, largely as a result of the effects on the climate caused by pollution. While these fires have caused widespread destruction, loss of life and property, and worsening air quality, new research indicates that they have unleashed a hidden danger as well: cancer-causing metals […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Rammed earth portions of the Great Wall of China — built by compressing natural materials with soils — have been regarded as a weak point in its structure. But these swaths of the iconic landmark developed […]
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Ukrainian polar scientists located at Ukraine’s Vernadsky Research Base in Antarctica shared an amazing video of a penguin sliding down a hill on its tummy. This unusual type of movement was described by Oleksandr Poludny, the meteorologist of the 28th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition. Read also: Photos offer glimpse of recovery progress for four endangered felines […]
Amidst all the wonders of our solar system — and as we know now, other solar systems — it may be all too easy to overlook the asteroids. But each asteroid is a whole world unto itself. And because there are more than a million known asteroids, our universe’s wonders and mysteries exist in great […]
Scientists have cracked the case of scores of decapitated seals found on northern California beaches since 2016. Noyo Center for Marine Science’s Sarah Grimes investigates marine mammal deaths, and told The Mercury News she suspected a responsible culprit, but needed proof. “It was so gruesome,” Grimes told the Bay Area newspaper. “I was like marine […]
Florida has long been home to an unnatural assortment of creatures from faraway lands and habitats, and these tourists turned permanent residents have wreaked havoc on the natural ecosystem. You can thank the Burmese pythons slithering around the Everglades for the lack of marsh rabbits, and the Asian swamp eels are to blame for cratering […]
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — As Congo copes with its biggest outbreak of mpox, scientists warn discrimination against gay and bisexual men on the continent could make it worse. In November, the World Health Organization reported that mpox, also known as monkeypox, was being spread via sex in Congo for the first time. That is a […]
Chronic wasting disease is sometimes referred to as “zombie deer disease,” or affected deer can be called “zombie deer” due to the neurological signs of the disease, which include weight loss, lack of coordination, listlessness and drooling. The disease mainly affects free-ranging deer, elk and moose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. […]
CAHUIDE, Peru – Aedes, a grayish four-propeller drone, whirred off the dirt soccer field in this Amazon village to help do what doctors cannot as climate change threatens this nation with a new era of disease. Named after the mosquito that transmits dengue fever, it quickly rose above the excited gaggle of flip-flopped kids gathered […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Resurrection biology — attempting to bring strings of molecules and more complex organisms back to life — is gaining traction in labs around the world. The work is a far cry from the genetically engineered dinosaurs […]
With a “secret” component from bacteria, humans may be able to increase crop production even as the planet warms. Researchers at the University of Liverpool showed how bacteria can boost photosynthesis in plants, helping them grow and perhaps creating a way to increase crop yields. In a study published in Nature in April, the scientists […]