A young boy with a drink in a glass (Image: Getty) According to a new study, young people who drink just two sodas a day could be more than twice as likely to develop colon cancer before age 50. The research suggests that drinking one small can, or eight fluid ounces, a day can increase … Read more
Most known black holes are either extremely massive, such as the supermassive black holes found in the centers of large galaxies, or relatively light, with masses less than 100 times that of the Sun. Intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs), however, are rare and are considered rare “missing links” in black hole evolution. Now, an international team … Read more
Science and discovery 10/07/2024 1028 views 11 I like this An international team of astronomers has used more than 500 images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope spanning two decades to detect seven fast-moving stars in the inner region of Omega Centauri, the largest and brightest globular cluster in the sky. These stars provide compelling … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. CNN — About half a billion years ago, a volcanic eruption near a shallow sea in what is now Morocco produced some of the most complete specimens ever found of trilobites, insect-like marine creatures, revealing … Read more
One of the most coveted sneakers ever made is a pair of black-and-yellow basketball shoes called the Wu Tang Dunks, released by Nike in 1999. Legend has it that only 36 pairs were ever produced and given to friends and family of the Staten Island hip-hop group. But when the world’s largest sportswear company announced … Read more
A study of a new fertility drug has found that it can increase the chances of embryo implantation during IVF and lead to a 7% increase in live births. The pill, known as OXO-001, is designed to work directly on the lining of the uterus to make it more receptive to the embryo that is … Read more
Once upon a time, there were many giants living in our world. Actually, it wasn’t that long ago. Once the dinosaurs had had their day, our planet was home to a whole new range of gigantic animals, from human-sized sloths to woolly mammoths to enormous wombats and kangaroos to the magnificent giant goose. Between about … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. Grapes have played an important role in human history for thousands of years, forming the basis for the wines our ancestors made thousands of years ago. But that might not have been the case if … Read more
A British employment tribunal has ordered this Star burger Developer Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) must pay almost £30,000 ($38,000) in damages for discriminating against a disabled employee. The studio was taken to court by senior programmer Paul Ah-Thion (the plaintiff) after he implemented a return-to-office policy that did not meet his needs as a disabled … Read more
9 Using the joint NASA, European Space Agency (ESA) and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) James Webb Space Telescope, a group of scientists have discovered a variety of never-before-seen features in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere. The features were found in the atmospheric region above the iconic Great Red Spot, a high-pressure area in Jupiter’s atmosphere that creates … Read more