Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A peculiar fossil has helped scientists discover an unusual bird that lived among the dinosaurs 120 million years ago, and the find is changing the way researchers think about avian evolution. The previously unknown species […]
This homeowner was floored by what she found in her 130-year-old house. Madeline Goodwin, from Swindon, in Wiltshire, England found a rusty metal time capsule underneath her floor after receiving a surprise visit from a former resident of her address. “It was very cool and interesting,” Goodwin, 26, told South West News Service of the […]
In 2023, the World Happiness Report named Finland the happiest country in the world. Finns are known for their love of nature, saunas, and coffee. But some of their customs might surprise Americans. Finland has been named the happiest country in the world by the World Happiness Report for the past six years. With its […]
In 2023, the World Happiness Report named Finland the happiest country in the world. Finns are known for their love of nature, saunas, and coffee. But Americans might be surprised by some of their customs. Finland has been named the happiest country in the world by the World Happiness Report for the past six years. […]
Last year, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers made the startling discovery of some free-floating, planetary-mass objects in the Orion nebula that threw their ideas of planet and star formation into doubt. And now, new research has further deepened the mystery around these so-called Jupiter-mass binary objects, or JuMBOs. JuMBOs aren’t stars, but aren’t […]
Step aside, Na’vi version of Sigourney Weaver: A new blue avatar is becoming famous. If you apply to one of several large corporations today, you might see a blue guy that looks like the Walmart version of Disney’s wide-eyed style of animation. No, it’s not a company mascot; it’s actually part of your evaluation. The […]
A little moonlet, too small to be seen from Earth, could be playing cosmic sheepdog by shaping the thin rings around the distant minor planet Chariklo, according to new computer simulations. Chariklo is a Centaur — a breed of small body that orbits the sun on a path sandwiched somewhere between Jupiter and Neptune. Centaurs […]
A strange transformation took place in Virginia when a creek turned into countless gallons of free-flowing milk. The dairy dilemma happened Saturday, Feb. 3, in Lynchburg, about 100 miles southwest of Richmond. “A citizen called 9-1-1 this morning to report the creek near the 1300 block of Hendricks Street was almost completely white in color,” […]
Trump asked his followers on Truth Social whether he resembles the King of Rock and Roll. He shared a photo of half of his face spliced with Elvis Presley’s. The post was widely mocked on social media and sparked questions about his state of mind. Former President Donald Trump shared a strange post on social media […]
The Los Angeles crowd was small and perhaps a bit bored, but what they witnessed had consequence, observing the 10 candidates competing for L.A. County district attorney, heading one of the nation’s largest and most influential prosecutorial offices. The candidates were squeezed cheek-by-jowl, jostling to get a word in edgewise in a race increasingly defined […]
A Michigan school official told jurors Tuesday that he felt he had no grounds to search the backpack of a teenager before the boy fatally shot four fellow students, even though staff met with the teen’s parents that morning to discuss a violent drawing he had scrawled on a math assignment. Nick Ejak, who was […]
The full moon hangs in frame with the orion, inside its payload shell atop the SLS rocket. Specialists are now pulling together potential photography assignments for NASA’s crewed Artemis 2 moon flyby, now projected to occur in September 2025. Tucked inside their Orion spacecraft, they will be hurled moonward by NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) […]