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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — History is full of vanished arts and techniques that researchers are still trying to crack, such as…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — History is full of vanished arts and techniques that researchers are still trying to crack, such as…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of basketball-size space rocks slam into Mars each year, leaving behind impact craters and causing…
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — More than three weeks into a mission that was initially projected to last only days, the two astronauts piloting…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Performing administrative tasks in ancient Egypt may not sound physically demanding, but new research has…
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By Rebecca Cairns, CNN (CNN) — The soft, pink blob stares at the camera with glassy eyes — before pulling its face into a dimpled smile.…
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CNN By Rebecca Cairns, CNN (CNN) — The soft, pink blob stares at the camera with glassy eyes — before pulling its face into a dimpled smile.…
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By Lex Harvey, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The world’s largest capital cities are seeing more extremely hot days than ever, according to a new…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — An early analysis of a sample collected from the asteroid Bennu suggests that the space rock had an…
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — The iconic puffy white suits that astronauts have donned for decades as they step outside the International…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A fossilized ear bone unearthed in a cave in Spain has revealed a Neanderthal child who lived with Down syndrome…
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Unprecedented ocean heat has triggered the world’s worst mass coral bleaching event on record – a coral…
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — NASA will pay SpaceX up to nearly $1 billion to develop a vehicle capable of steering the International Space…
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By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — A lone diver first laid eyes on the ancient Kyrenia shipwreck off the north coast of Cyprus nearly 60 years ago.…
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By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — For thousands of years, one color rose above all others — and was worth more than its weight in gold,…
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By Angela Dewan, International Climate Editor, CNN London (CNN) — When New Yorkers grab their morning coffee, it’s their electric grid that…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Forecasters will soon be able to see real-time mapping of lightning activity on Earth and keep a closer eye…
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By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The Antarctic ice sheet is melting in a new, worrying way that scientific models used to project future sea…
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By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — An extinct ribbonlike sea creature about the size of a human thumb was one of the earliest animals to evolve a…
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Two US astronauts abandoned plans to exit the International Space Station to conduct maintenance on Monday due…
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By Tom Page, CNN (CNN) — For millions of years, mighty baobabs have been standing sentry on three different landmasses, posing each other an…
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — On a strip of land in northern Sweden, not far from the Arctic Circle, a new facility is taking shape which…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — The snowcapped peak of Mount Rainier, which towers 4.3 kilometers (2.7 miles) above sea level in Washington state,…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — About 67 million years ago, two dinosaurs faced off in a showdown in what’s now Montana before being buried…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot is a massive storm that has swirled within the atmosphere of the largest…
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By Jackie Wattles and Ross Levitt, CNN (CNN) — Boeing and NASA announced Friday night that mission officials are again delaying the Boeing…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of monumental stone heads dot the coastline of the remote Pacific island of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island.…
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By Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — Same-sex sexual behavior has been observed in more than 1,500 animal species, but a new study has found that it is…
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By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Despite its name, June’s full moon will not look like a strawberry. But the bright orb could still turn heads…
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By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — For more than a year, visitors at the Museum of Evolution in Maribo, Denmark, have been in for a treat: admiring…
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By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The world consumed record amounts of oil, coal and gas last year, pushing planet-heating carbon pollution to a…
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft was set to mark its crowning achievement this month: Ferrying two NASA…
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By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Democrats and Republicans in a bitterly divided Congress can agree on one thing: the US needs more nuclear to…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers are witnessing a never-before-seen spectacle in the cosmos: the awakening of a supermassive black…
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By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A 2,000-year-old Roman funerary urn unearthed in southern Spain has been shown to contain the oldest wine ever found…
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By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have discovered a 246 million-year-old marine reptile fossil, the oldest of its kind to be found in…
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By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — It was a shock when Michael Mosley, a doctor and well-known TV presenter in the UK, was found dead earlier this…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The Voyager 1 spacecraft is sending back a steady stream of scientific data from uncharted territory for the…
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Two veteran astronauts will extend their stay on the International Space Station as teams on the ground work to…
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By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — For about 50 years, the scientific community has been grappling with a substantial problem: There isn’t enough…
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CNN By Laura Paddison and Fidel Gutiérrez, CNN (CNN) — Tensions are rising in a border dispute between the United States and Mexico. But this…
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By Laura Paddison and Fidel Gutiérrez, CNN (CNN) — Tensions are rising in a border dispute between the United States and Mexico. But this…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A collision between giant asteroids likely occurred in a neighboring star system called Beta Pictoris in…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — In the early 1900s, Antarctica became a hot spot for explorers undertaking intrepid but dangerous…
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By Jared Formanek, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — For Māori conservationist Mere Takoko, “losing one whale is like losing an ancestor.” The animals…
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When the sun unleashed an extreme solar storm and hit Mars in May, it engulfed the red planet with auroras and an influx of charged particles and…
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By the Associated Press (AP) — A big, round, 4,000-year-old stone building discovered on a Cretan hilltop is puzzling archaeologists and…
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By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of fish species — about 2,500 of them named — call the Amazon River home, but scientists estimate…
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By Amanda Schupak, CNN (CNN) — On the western slopes of the Andes in Ecuador, John L. Clark, a research botanist at Florida’s Marie Selby…
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By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — An amateur paleontologist has discovered a new species of pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived alongside dinosaurs…
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By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — What would be the ultimate solution to the energy problems of an advanced civilization? Renowned British American…
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By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Shipwreck hunters have found the vessel Quest — once captained by renowned Antarctic explorer Ernest…
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CTV NETWORK, ROYAL CANADIAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, CNN By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Shipwreck hunters have found the vessel Quest — once…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — The ancient Maya city of Chichén Itzá in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula has long been associated with human…
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By Marnie Hunter, CNN Memorial Day weekend — the unofficial start of the summer travel season in the United States — is shaping up to be…
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By Chris Lau, CNN A school teacher is presumed dead after he was attacked by a shark while surfing on Saturday, according to authorities,…
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By Rob Picheta, CNN “People say I’m a funny guy,” Finnish rapper Käärijä says, reclining in the sauna truck he had shipped…
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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN It may have been a week since Britain’s King Charles III was crowned, but the palace is still releasing tidbits from the…
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US consumer sentiment worsened in May as Americans grew concerned about the economy’s direction and a potential default of the US government’s debt,…
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By Christina Maxouris, CNN A 29-year-old YouTuber will plead guilty to a federal charge after he destroyed the wreckage of a plane he purposefully…
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By Rob Picheta, CNN Nine months after she fled Russian rockets in her pajamas, carrying only her passport, Iryna Shevchuk finally arrived somewhere…
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By David Culver, Karol Suarez and Rachel Clarke, CNN On top of the rumbling freight train, the young man says he has been attacked and robbed. There…
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By Rob Picheta, CNN The Eurovision Song Contest is back in Britain for the first time in more than two decades, and this year’s edition is one…
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By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Smoke from Australia’s worst wildfires in decades may have contributed to the rare triple La Niña weather event that…
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By Joe Sutton and Holly Yan, CNN, and Claudia Rebaza, Jimena de la Quintana and Florencia Trucco, CNN en Español The prime suspect in the 2005…
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By Derek Van Dam, CNN Meteorologist Devastating wildfires in Alberta have burned more than 150 times more area than in the last five years combined…
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By Luke McGee, CNN Britain’s security services are quietly relieved that the coronation of King Charles III passed without major incident…
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By Lilit Marcus, CNN Normally, lie-flat airline seats are a luxury only available for first- and business-class passengers. But that will change on…
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By Sahar Akbarzai, Stefano Pozzebon and Jonny Hallam, CNN David Miranda, a Brazilian politician, has died following a nine month battle in intensive…
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By Rebekah Riess, CNN The FBI’s San Juan Division is working to identify potential victims after a man was charged with video voyeurism and…
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By Hilary Whiteman, CNN The bare facts of the case cast American teenager William Leslie Arnold as a murderous villain who shot his parents because…
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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN London’s Metropolitan Police Service has expressed “regret” over the arrests of anti-monarchy activists on…
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Silvia Marchetti, CNN When South African couple Max and Joy Ulfane began searching for their dream Italian home around 28 years ago, they never…
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By David Culver, Karol Suarez and Rachel Clarke, CNN The freight train screeched to a halt and a few hundred people hoped that a new phase of their…
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By Simone McCarthy, Paula Newton and Caitlin Hu, CNN China on Tuesday expelled a Canadian diplomat in Shanghai, a day after Canada announced it would…
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By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN King Charles III and Queen Camilla have shared their “most sincere and heartfelt thanks” in…
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By Max Foster, Jessie Gretener and Lianne Kolirin, CNN Prince Louis, the youngest child of the Prince and Princess of Wales, has undertaken his first…
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By Jack Guy and Niamh Kennedy, CNN Prince William paid tribute to his “Pa” King Charles III at the coronation concert on Sunday, saying…
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By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Cuban police cracked down on protesters in the isolated town of Caimanera, close to the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison, after…
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By Brian Lowry, CNN Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers about the fifth episode of “Barry’s” fourth season,…
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Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Editor’s note: The following contains major spoilers about the seventh episode of “Succession’s”…
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By Duarte Mendonca A fire in a small gold mine in southern Peru has killed at least 27 people, the local government said on Sunday. “We express…
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By Sophie Tanno and Caolán Magee, CNN The Metropolitan Police has faced criticism for its handling of anti-monarchy protests during the Coronation…
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By Rob Picheta and Hafsa Khalil, CNN The coronation of King Charles III on Saturday was a historic day, jam-packed with events — some planned,…
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By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Christian Edwards and Max Foster, CNN It was just a short trip back to the UK for Prince Harry, who attended the coronation…
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By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Queen Camilla? Technically yes. That’s because if a male sovereign is married when they accede the throne, his…
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By Niamh Kennedy , Christian Edwards, Lindsay Isaac and Allegra Goodwin, CNN London’s Metropolitan Police said it made 52 arrests during the…
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By Bianca Nobilo and Issy Ronald, CNN Britain’s Chief Rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, will walk to King Charles III’s coronation, in keeping with…
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By Issy Ronald, CNN Royal fans from all over the world are already gathering on the streets of London, decked out in flags, crowns and homemade…
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By Paula Newton, CNN Canada and China have become embroiled in a fresh diplomatic row after Ottawa summoned Beijing’s ambassador to respond to…
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By Marnie Hunter, CNN A swarm of bees touched down on a parked Delta Air Lines aircraft Wednesday, delaying a flight from Houston to Atlanta for…
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By Paula Newton, CNN Canadian police have charged a 57-year-old man with two counts of counseling or aiding suicide after he allegedly marketed and…
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By Duarte Mendonca and CNN Brasil Brazilian Federal Police arrested one of former President Jair Bolsonaro’s closest aides and two others, in…
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By Tara Subramaniam Remains found inside a crocodile in Australia are believed to belong to a 65-year old fisherman who went missing over the…
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By Kathleen Magramo, CNN “It’s more fun in the Philippines” is the tourism tagline that draws travelers from around the globe to…
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By Tara John, Duarte Mendonca and Max Foster, CNN Parts of a controversial public order bill, which empowers British police to take stronger action…
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By Tara John, Caitlin Hu and Karol Suarez, CNN Venezuela’s former opposition leader Juan Guaidó is visiting Washington this week, where he…
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By Tara Subramaniam, CNN India is now home to the world’s tallest railway bridge. Some 29 meters (over 95 feet) taller than the Eiffel Tower,…
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By Issy Ronald, CNN The Prince and Princess of Wales have released a new photograph of their daughter, Princess Charlotte, to mark her eighth…
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By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN With the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, at her rural Balmoral home in September, Charles III…
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By Ross Levitt and Pete Muntean, CNN One of the last remaining Covid-related travel restrictions in the United States is about to go away. Non-US…
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