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By Sherry Liang, CNN The Draconid meteor shower is expected to peak on Friday, October 8, and last through October 10, bringing with it a drizzle of…

By Rob Picheta, CNN The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for “their efforts to safeguard…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The United Arab Emirates is setting a course for Venus and the main asteroid belt. The new interplanetary mission,…

By Faith Karimi, CNN A businessman in Atlanta changed his passwords because he thought his phone had been hacked. A Long Island woman who sells…

By Tara John and Isabelle Jani Friend, CNN Before the advent of Covid-19 vaccines, the San Francisco Department of Public Health needed three…

By Caitlin Hu, CNN During much-anticipated testimony Tuesday before the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Facebook whistleblower Frances…

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the Islamic New Year. For followers of Islam in the western hemisphere, the next New Year begins on the…

By Theresa Waldrop, CNN The bridge made famous in the Winnie the Pooh books — where the bear and his friends played “pooh sticks”…

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN After 18 turbulent months spent tackling the global Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) is being broadly…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Smile, Mercury! The smallest planet in our solar system was getting photographed Friday by a European-Japanese space probe…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Things are about to get a little quiet between NASA and its fleet of robotic Mars explorers. That’s because an…

By Katie Hunt, CNN The coronavirus pandemic has focused attention on the role of science in society like never before — and the pace of…

By Angela Dewan, CNN Swedish activist Greta Thunberg mocked world leaders — including US President Joe Biden and the UK’s Boris Johnson…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The first NASA mission to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroid swarms is getting ready to launch. The Lucy mission has…

By Caitlin Hu and Richard Roth, CNN Afghanistan and Myanmar have withdrawn from their speaking slots at the United Nations General Assembly at the…

By Tim Lister, CNN Barbers in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province are now prohibited from shaving men’s beards and playing music in their…

By Caitlin Hu, CNN Mali plans to hire private Russian mercenaries to assist with security in the country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said…

By Katie Hunt, CNN Dinosaurs loom large in the imagination of many kids and, for some, it’s an obsession they never really grow out of. My…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Nobel Prize, an international award given yearly for achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine,…

By Rachael Scott, CNN Marines’ gesture moves a woman to tears, Nicole Richie’s birthday celebration got hotter than expected, and a…

By Laura Smith-Spark and Allegra Goodwin, CNN Health officials in the United States have said Covid-19 vaccine boosters can begin for older and…

By Tim Lister, CNN The eastern city of Jalalabad in Afghanistan has seen a spate of attacks against the Taliban this week by the group IS Khorasan…

By Al Goodman, CNN Former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont was arrested on the Italian island of Sardinia on Thursday on charges related to his…

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN The COP26 international climate talks in Glasgow, which begin on October 31, couldn’t come at a more crucial time. A…

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN New air quality guidelines published on Wednesday by the World Health Organization could prevent millions of deaths globally…

By Kara Fox, CNN In his United National General Assembly debut on Tuesday, United States President Joe Biden declared a “new era” of US…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN One close glimpse of a modern bird, especially around the eyes, and it may feel like you’re looking into the ancient…

By Richard Roth and Caitlin Hu, CNN The Taliban have requested representation at this week’s United Nations General Assembly, a move that is…

By Caitlin Hu and Angela Dewan, CNN In a rare address to the UN General Assembly, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday made a major new climate…

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN The amount of carbon emitted from severe wildfires that tore across many parts of the Northern Hemisphere this summer broke…

By Angela Dewan and Ella Nilsen, CNN UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Monday the world would have to wait to hear from US President Joe Biden…

By Katie Hunt, CNN Dinosaurs must have had sex to reproduce but how they did it — with their neck frills, armored plates and tails tipped with…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN We live in a time bookended by extremes. Many believe our future is in space, where one day humans will live across the…

By Caitlin Hu, CNN Coronavirus be damned, the world’s diplomats are back. New Yorkers who enjoyed the peace and quiet of the United…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The human body was not designed to live in space, but genetic experiments on the International Space Station are preparing…

By Amy Wray, CNN Celebrities hit the red carpet at the Met Gala, Miley Cyrus performs with Metallica and a “megapod” of whales surfaces…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Scientists have uncovered the fossil of a bird that lived 120 million years ago, and it definitely had flair, including…

By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN The hole in the ozone that forms every year over the South Pole is now larger than Antarctica, scientists from the European…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Amr Moussa, Egyptian diplomat, ambassador and former minister of foreign affairs. Personal…

By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN More than 18 months into the coronavirus pandemic, a number of countries have decided it’s time to open up and adopt…

By Ella Nilsen and Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden announced the United States and European Union have launched a global pledge to reduce…

By Hannah Ryan, CNN This year has seen Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex take part in a groundbreaking interview with Oprah Winfrey and…

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN None of the world’s major economies — including the entire G20 — have a climate plan that meets their…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Nothing gets between a fiercely protective mother spider and her children. Dripping tree resin trapped adult female spiders…

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Despite efforts from President Joe Biden to turn the United States into a global climate leader, most people in the advanced…

By Monica Sarkar, CNN CNN spoke to several activists from Dalit Women Fight (DWF), which campaigns for the rights of women from their community.…

By Katie Hunt, CNN Bringing extinct creatures back to life is the lifeblood of science fiction. At its most tantalizing, think Jurassic Park and its…

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Behind the veil of the Covid-19 pandemic, 227 people were killed last year protecting forests, water and other natural…

By Hannah Ryan and Martin Goillandeau, CNN A Scottish regulator said it was investigating one of Prince Charles’ charities after a UK newspaper…