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
New research suggests that time may not be a fundamental element of the universe, but rather an illusion created by quantum entanglement. Time is a difficult problem for physicists; the inconsistent behavior of our best theories of the universe contributes to a stalemate that leaves researchers unable to find a “theory of everything,” or a … Read more
Proposed scenario for diamond formation at the core-mantle boundary of Mercury. (a) Crystallization of the carbon-saturated silicate magma ocean and the potential, but unlikely, early production of diamond at its base. Graphite was the major phase formed in the magma ocean and accumulated at the surface to form an ancient graphitic crust. (b) During crystallization … 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
Schematic illustration of photon scattering from a two-level emitter in a photonic crystal waveguide (PhC WG). A weak coherent state is coupled to the PhC WG via a shallowly etched grating (SEG). In the photon scattering image, a single-photon wave packet is mainly reflected by elastic scattering on a two-level emitter, while the two-photon wave … Read more
TOKYO — A House of Representatives bill would direct NASA to begin work on an asteroid mission in collaboration with industry, as well as a space debris inspection mission. The House Appropriations Committee released the report accompanying its commerce, justice and science (CJS) spending bill on July 8, a day before a markup by the … Read more
An image of the cyanobacterium Tolypothrix. Source: Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 The human body’s inability to break down sucralose, an artificial sweetener found in many low-calorie food and beverage products, has been well established by scientific research. The compound is so stable that it escapes wastewater treatment and finds its way into drinking water … Read more
A new study challenges the view that ammonites declined before their extinction 66 million years ago, showing instead that they remained globally diverse and robust. The research highlights that their extinction was influenced by a range of geographic and environmental factors, rather than an inevitable outcome. Ammonites bask in the Late Cretaceous sun. Credit: Artwork … Read more
A group of whales off the east coast of Australia. Photo: Jake Linsky. Research led by the University of Queensland has found that migrating humpback whales off the east coast of Australia became less stressed in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The research paper was published in Research into the marine environment. Dr … Read more
Source: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an environmental bacterium that can cause devastating multi-drug-resistant infections, particularly in people with underlying lung conditions, has rapidly evolved and subsequently spread across the globe over the past 200 years, likely driven by changes in human behavior, a new study finds. The work appears in the magazine Science. P. … Read more