Katie Hunt

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Molecular cloud discovered surprisingly close to Earth, scientists say

1 month ago | cnn.com | Katie Hunt

The molecular cloud was detected 300 light-years from Earth, closer than any other similar, star-forming clouds. Thomas Müller (HdA/MPIA)/Thavisha Dharmawardena (NYU) Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — An invisible molecular cloud that could shed light on how stars and planets form has been detected surprisingly close to Earth.
‘Extraordinary’ fossil reveals the oldest ant species known to science ...Middle East

1 month ago | en.pressbee.net | Katie Hunt

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — An almost overlooked fossil discovered in a Brazilian museum collection has revealed the oldest ant specimen known to science, according to new research. The prehistoric ant lived among dinosaurs 113 million years ago — several millennia before previously found ants — and had an unusual way to kill its prey.
Jawbone dredged up from the seafloor expands the range of a mysterious species of ancient human | CNN

1 month ago | cnn.com | Katie Hunt

Scientists have identified a fossilized jawbone found off Taiwan's coast as belonging to a Denisovan man. Researchers confirmed the ancient human's identity by analyzing protein fragments in teeth attached to the jaw. This discovery marks the third confirmed location where Denisovans lived, spanning diverse environments across Asia. Denisovans were first identified in 2010 from DNA extracted from a finger bone in Siberia.
How today’s cheap clothes, wind turbines and plastic bottles will become the fossils of the future | CNN

2 months ago | cnn.com | Katie Hunt

Coauthor Sarah Gabbott of the University of Leicester created a synthetic technofossil from a notebook, paper and plaster of paris. However, it's impossible to know exactly how discarded items will fossilize. Sarah Gabbott Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — Human-made objects will leave "technofossils" for future paleontologists to study, according to a new book.
Supernovas may have played a role in two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions, study suggests

2 months ago | cnn.com | Katie Hunt

A supernova occurs when a star violently explodes at the end of its lifetime. Here, a supernova explosion of a star known as SN 2014J in the galaxy M82 appears in a Hubble Space Telescope composite image. NASA Goddard Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more.
Archaeologists discover key tool that helped early Americans survive the ice age

Dec 4, 2024 | cnn.com | Katie Hunt

Archaeologists excavated part of the La Prele archaeological site in 2016. They found needles made from bones of the red fox and wild cat. Danny Walker Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — Tiny artifacts unearthed at a Wyoming site where a mammoth was butchered 13,000 years ago are revealing intriguing details about how the earliest Americans survived the last ice age.
Fossilized poop reveals secrets of how dinosaurs came to dominate Earth

Nov 27, 2024 | cnn.com | Katie Hunt

Coprolites, aka fossilized feces, dating from the early Jurassic Period in Poland, were analyzed as part of a new study on the rise of dinosaurs. Grzegorz Niedzwiedzki Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — The earliest dinosaurs were unremarkable, bit players on a supercontinent crowded with other ancient reptiles when they first evolved around 230 million years ago.
Elon Musk has pledged to settle Mars. A prize-winning book offers a reality check | CNN

Nov 22, 2024 | cnn.com | Katie Hunt

WATCH: How a brain changes during space travel 03:33 - Source: CNN Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — The promise of starting life anew on Mars may appear alluring, even feasible, as the climate crisis intensifies and space and rocket technology advances.
Cannibalized remains from Franklin’s lost Arctic expedition identified

Oct 11, 2024 | cnn.com | Katie Hunt

An engraving shows the end of Sir John Franklin's ill-fated Arctic expedition based on a painting by British artist W. Thomas Smith exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1896. Historia/Shutterstock Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more.
Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded for work on proteins to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper

Oct 9, 2024 | cnn.com | Christian Edwards |Katie Hunt

What you should know about the Nobel Prize 00:57 - Source: CNN CNN — The 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to a trio of scientists who used artificial intelligence to “crack the code” of almost all known proteins, the “chemical tools of life.” David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper will share the prize, announced in Sweden on Wednesday.

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