In this modern age, we often take the stability of our world for granted. However, an academic revelation suggests that we are in the midst of a change so drastic that it feels like the ground is shifting beneath our feet. Well, at least the ground 3,220 miles beneath our feet, in the Earth’s inner … Read more
AMD’s Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core Desktop CPU has been tested on Geekbench and performs impressively better than Intel’s 14th Gen CPUs. AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core CPU Delivers 16% Single-Core Performance Improvement Over 7900X, Crushes Core i9-14900KS in Geekbench Benchmark The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X “100-000000662” CPU is a 12-core, 24-thread variant. This chip has … Read more
Deep within the Earth, a solid metal ball spins independently of our spinning planet, like a top spinning inside a larger top, shrouded in mystery. Since its discovery by Danish seismologist Inge Lehmann in 1936, this inner core has fascinated researchers. Its motion—including its speed and direction of rotation—has been the subject of decades-long debate. … Read more
The depth and inaccessibility of the inner core means that uncertainties remain. Deep within the Earth, a solid metal ball spins independently of our spinning planet, like a top spinning inside a larger top, shrouded in mystery. Since its discovery by Danish seismologist Inge Lehmann in 1936, this inner core has fascinated researchers. Its motion—including … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. CNN — Deep within the Earth, a massive metal ball spins independently of our orbiting planet. It resembles a spinning top inside a larger top, shrouded in mystery. This inner core has intrigued scientists since … Read more
Angle down icon An icon in the shape of a downward pointing corner. The Earth’s inner core is showing unusual behavior. Christoph Burgstedt/Getty Images Scientists have been debating what happens to the Earth’s inner core for years. A new study provides compelling evidence that the inner core has changed direction and is slowing down. The … Read more
One of the major questions that has occupied Earth scientists over the past decade is, “What’s going on down there?” Beneath your feet, some 3,400 miles deep, lies the Earth’s inner core. It’s nearly the size of the moon, as hot as the surface of the sun, and helps maintain the planet’s magnetic field, which … Read more
In 2016, scientists published a newspaper with a bold claim: that the giraffe, first described as a species by the Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus in 1758, is actually always four kinds. Unlike Linneaus, the researchers had access to modern genetic tools, which showed that giraffes fall into distinct clusters based on differences in their DNA, … Read more
It’s time to celebrate the incredible women leading the way in AI! Nominate your inspirational leaders for VentureBeat’s Women in AI Awards today by June 18. More information Apple has taken a significant step forward in its efforts to provide developers with advanced AI capabilities on devices. The tech giant recently released twenty new Core … Read more
Researchers from Michigan State University (MSU) have made groundbreaking discoveries about the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). Using ten years of X-ray data from NASA’s NuSTAR telescopethese findings provide new insights into the enigmatic environment surrounding this colossal cosmic entity. Discover hidden flares and … Read more