More than 40 years ago, Farouk El-Baz — a space scientist and geologist known for his field investigations in deserts around the world — theorized that the wind played a big hand in shaping the Great Sphinx of Giza before the ancient Egyptians added surface details to the landmark sculpture. Now, according to a press release from […]
The planet is on track to heat up at a much faster rate than scientists have previously predicted, meaning a key global warming threshold could be breached this decade, according to a new study co-authored by James Hansen — the US scientist widely credited with being the first to publicly sound the alarm on the climate crisis […]
The three giant pandas that used to tumble around in their enclosure at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC, munching on bamboo shoots and leaves, climbing branches and generally looking adorable, are heading back to China. As CNN reports, the departure of Tian Tian, Mei Xiang and their youngest cub, Xiao Qi Ji, marks the end […]
Violent shaking from an earthquake can strike suddenly, without warning, and at any time of the year, day or night — and residents of California are hardly the only people in danger. As CNN reports, forty-five states and territories of the United States are at moderate to very high risk of earthquakes, and every region […]
The James Webb Space Telescope and other observatories witnessed a massive explosion in space that created rare chemical elements, some of which are necessary for life. As CNN reports, the explosion, which occurred on March 7, was the second brightest gamma-ray burst ever witnessed by telescopes in more than 50 years of observations, over one […]
Last week, the U.S. pharmacy chain CVS Health announced that it will remove from its shelves certain oral cough and cold products with phenylephrine as the only active ingredient. As Reuters reports, a panel of advisers to the U.S. health regulator last month refused to back the effectiveness of oral over-the-counter (OTC) medicines made with […]
Yeah, but it’s a dry heat. It’s an adage that people use to feel better about soaring temperatures, because everyone knows that the only thing worse than a blazing hot day, is when you add humidity to the mix. But as CNN reports, a new study’s findings show that large parts of the world, including […]
Firefighters want every leg up they can get to knock out a blaze before it becomes an inferno. As CNN reports, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) says it has a new tool to battle wildfires before they explode – artificial intelligence. “I think it is a game changer … It […]
Experts fear an already active hurricane season could come to an eventful and exceptional end as unusually warm, storm-boosting ocean temperatures and a slow-to-emerge El Niño combine. As CNN reports, the Atlantic season and its 18 named storms has already been above average, according to Phil Klotzbach, a hurricane researcher with Colorado State University. But October usually signals changes in activity […]
Scientists have taken their first glimpse of a sample collected from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu — and stumbled upon a good bit more than they expected. As CNN reports, when they opened the canister containing the sample on September 26, the researchers discovered an abundance of dark, fine-grained material on the inside of the container’s […]