Scientists using ice-breaking ships and underwater robots have found the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is melting at an accelerating rate and could be on an irreversible path to collapse, spelling catastrophe for global sea level rise. As CNN reports, since 2018, a team of scientists forming the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration, has been studying Thwaites — often […]
It started with a melting glacier that set off a huge landslide, which triggered a 650-foot high mega-tsunami in Greenland last September. Then came something inexplicable: a mysterious vibration that shook the planet for nine days. Over the past year, dozens of scientists across the world have been trying to figure out what this signal was. Now, […]
Scientists have found that human beings age at a molecular level in two accelerated bursts – first at the age of 44, and then again at 60. As CNN reports, in a study published in the journal Nature Aging, scientists at Stanford University and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore followed 108 participants over several years […]
A little-known disease spread by insect bites has turned deadly, and health officials are sounding the alarm. As CNN reports, more than 8,000 cases of Oropouche virus have been reported this year as of August 1. Most have been in South America, but infections are also spreading in countries where it hasn’t been seen before, […]
The organizers of Ukrainian Fashion Week have announced the event’s 55th season in September will take place in Kyiv — the first time the shows have been on home soil since Russia invaded the country on February 24, 2022. Around 50 brands are scheduled to show via a variety of mediums, from traditional runway shows […]
German astronomer Johannes Kepler made sketches of sunspots in 1607 from his observations of the sun’s surface — and centuries later, the pioneering drawings are helping scientists solve a solar mystery. Even though everything in the solar system revolves around the sun, scientists have yet to unlock many of the star’s secrets. However, as CNN […]
Eating an anti-inflammatory diet of whole grains, fruits and vegetables instead of an inflammatory diet focused on red and processed meats and ultraprocessed foods, such as sugary cereals, sodas, fries and ice cream, lowered the risk of dementia by 31%, a new study found. As CNN reports, that benefit held true even for people with existing diagnoses of cardiometabolic conditions such […]
Wally Amos, the charismatic founder of Famous Amos cookies, has died at age 88, according to a statement signed by his children. As CNN reports, in the statement, his children said the cause was complications of dementia. “He was a true original Black American hero,” said the statement, signed by Sarah, Michael, Gregory and Shawn […]
Tropical Storm Ernesto has formed in the Atlantic and is racing toward the Caribbean and Puerto Rico with heavy rainfall, gusty winds and dangerous seas as a predicted hyperactive hurricane season ramps up. As CNN reports, the center of the storm is located a few hundred miles east of the eastern Caribbean’s Leeward Islands Monday evening, the […]
Last week, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an emergency suspension of the common weedkiller DCPA, also known as Dacthal. As CNN reports, this is the first time the agency has used its emergency suspension authority in 40 years. The last emergency ban of this kind was of the pesticide ethylene dibromide, or EDB, in 1983. […]