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By Katie Hunt, CNN The Vikings disappeared abruptly from Greenland in the mid-15th century, some 400 years after arriving there. Why they abandoned a…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN The Vikings disappeared abruptly from Greenland in the mid-15th century, some 400 years after arriving there. Why they abandoned a…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN A brilliant starburst feature shines in the latest image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. The space observatory…
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN SpaceX is now targeting Thursday for the next attempt to get Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, off the ground.…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The universe is filled with so many wonders that it’s easy to lose sight of the celestial treasures in our own cosmic…
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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Scientists have found thriving communities of coastal creatures, including tiny crabs and anemones, living thousands of…
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN Just a few months after NASA introduced the world to the most powerful rocket ever flown to orbit, Elon Musk’s SpaceX is…
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By Duarte Mendonca, CNN Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Saturday that the United States should stop “encouraging”…
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN SpaceX has cleared the final regulatory hurdle standing before the inaugural launch of its Starship rocket — the most…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The first photo ever taken of a black hole looks a little sharper now. Originally released in 2019, the unprecedented…
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By Taylor Nicioli, CNN It’s a bird… It’s a plane… It’s a paper airplane! The world record for the farthest flight by…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Ingenuity helicopter just achieved a huge milestone on Mars. The little chopper successfully completed its…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Ingenuity helicopter just achieved a huge milestone on Mars. The little chopper successfully completed its…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The European Space Agency has sent a spacecraft to explore Jupiter and three of its largest and most intriguing moons. The…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The European Space Agency has sent a spacecraft to explore Jupiter and three of its largest and most intriguing moons. The…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The European Space Agency is about to send a spacecraft to explore Jupiter and three of its largest and most intriguing…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope has spied colorful, never-before-seen details in one of the most well-observed remnants of…
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By Mindy Weisberger, CNN Scientists have discovered direct evidence that people in Europe used psychoactive drugs during the Bronze Age, possibly as…
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By Taylor Nicioli, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a new stunning image of ice giant Uranus, with almost all its faint dusty rings on…
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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, Allegra Goodwin and Sana Noor Haq, CNN The Italian Coast Guard is leading rescue efforts to save at least 400 migrants adrift…
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By Gabby Gretener, CNN Benjamin Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, has died aged 103. Ferencz fought in Europe during…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN I was briefly transfixed by April’s full moon as it peeped out of London’s clouds on Wednesday night — it was a…
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By Mariya Knight and Heather Chen, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shared Iftar with Ukrainian Muslim soldiers observing Ramadan on…
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By Gerardo Lemos, CNN Search and rescue efforts are underway in Honduras after a ship carrying about 20 tourists sank, the Honduran Fire Department…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN Eggs have been laid on land by birds, reptiles, dinosaurs and a few oddball mammals for more than 200 million years. And humans…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN I was briefly transfixed by April’s full moon as it peeped out of London’s clouds on Wednesday night — a reminder of…
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By Jacopo Prisco, CNN A geometry problem that has been puzzling scientists for 60 years has likely just been solved by an amateur mathematician with…
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By Laura Paddison, CNN Every year scientists in New Zealand fly over some of the country’s most iconic glaciers — ancient ice…
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By Caolán Magee, CNN It was a winter’s night outside Victor’s Bar in Belfast, and the Irish Republican Army (IRA) had identified its…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, headquartered in Vienna, Austria. Facts The…
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By Taylor Nicioli and Ashley Strickland, CNN April’s full moon will not shine pink tonight, despite its name, but the bright golden orb could…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Astronomers have detected a repeating radio signal from an exoplanet and the star that it orbits, both located 12…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN I was briefly transfixed by April’s full moon as it peeped out of London’s clouds on Wednesday night — it was a…
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By Caolán Magee, CNN Donald Trump may be the first former US president to face criminal charges, but around the world many current and former…
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By Caolán Magee, CNN Donald Trump may be the first former US president to face criminal charges, but around the world many current and former…
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By Mary Kay Mallonee and Helen Regan, CNN A US strike in Syria has killed a senior ISIS leader who planned attacks into Europe, United States Central…
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By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN Astronauts who will helm the first crewed moon mission in five decades were revealed on Monday, queuing…
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By Jackie Wattles and Kristin Fisher, CNN Four astronauts — including three Americans and one Canadian — will be tapped by NASA to complete a…
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By Laura Paddison and Rachel Ramirez, CNN Scientists have watched in astonishment as ocean temperatures have steadily risen over the past several…
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By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN Astronauts who will helm the first crewed moon mission in five decades were revealed on Monday, queuing…
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By Radina Gigova, Mariya Knight and Katharina Krebs, CNN A well-known Russian military blogger was killed in an explosion at a cafe in St. Petersburg…
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By Ray Sanchez, CNN On Palm Sunday, Christians throughout the world celebrate the day Jesus triumphantly entered Jerusalem days before his…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN As a child in the 1980s, I visited the Jorvik Viking Centre in York, England, to learn about the Scandinavian seafarers. The…
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By Laura Paddison and Rachel Ramirez, CNN Scientists have watched in astonishment as ocean temperatures have steadily risen over the past several…
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By Richard Roth, CNN A country led by an accused war criminal is now in charge of the United Nations Security Council. Hard as it is to believe,…
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By AJ Willingham, CNN Much divides us, but one thing that knows no cultural bounds is the human desire to pull some silly, goofy little tricks. April…
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN Researchers in New York developed a virtual reality maze for mice in an attempt to demystify a question that’s been…
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By Danya Gainor, CNN No matter what the James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope or our other tools of space exploration discover next,…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN Plants make popping sounds that are undetectable to the human ear, according to recordings made in a new study — and they make…
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN Astronaut Frank Rubio traveled to the International Space Station on September 21, 2022, for what he thought would be a…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN Plants make popping sounds that are undetectable to the human ear, according to recordings made in a new study — and they make…
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By Taylor Nicioli, CNN The weather is slowly changing on Jupiter and Uranus, according to our galaxy’s own interplanetary meteorologist. The…
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By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Melting ice in the Antarctic is not just raising sea levels but slowing down the circulation of deep ocean water with vast…
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu on Wednesday is poised to win a historic vote at the United Nations that would call on the…
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu on Wednesday won a historic vote at the United Nations that calls on the world’s…
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN Night sky lovers can typically spot a smattering of a few planets, but in late March, a stunning visual takes shape when five…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN Woolly mammoth remains, with fur and tissue still in tact, are regularly found entombed in Arctic permafrost. Their discovery has…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN Woolly mammoth remains, with fur and tissue still in tact, are regularly found entombed in Arctic permafrost. Their discovery has…
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN Trillions of pounds of water may be strewn across the moon, trapped in tiny glass beads that could have formed when asteroids…
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN Deadly spores lurk in the water and infect the skin of the creatures they touch. Spreading on contact and then invading the…
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Story by Katie Hunt, design by Ian Berry, CNN Smells hover just below our conscious awareness, conjuring up emotions and memories that shape how we…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The idea of time travel has always fascinated me. Since I was a kid, I’ve imagined a “Jetsons”-like…
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By Bill Weir, CNN One hundred years ago, colorful canaries warned humans of the hidden hazards of digging for coal by riding shotgun down the mine…
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN Night sky lovers can typically spot a smattering of a few planets, but in late March, a stunning visual takes shape when five…
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By Gawon Bae, Emi Jozuka and Brad Lendon, CNN North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles into the waters off the east coast of the…
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By CNN’s Barbie Latza Nadeau At least 28 migrants have died after their boats sank off the coast of Tunisia as they tried to cross the…
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By CNN’s Barbie Latza Nadeau At least 28 migrants have died after their boats sank off the coast of Tunisia as they tried to cross the…
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By Laura Paddison, CNN Cities’ relationship with water is a fragile balance. Too little leads to parched landscapes and water shortages; too…
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By Heather Chen, Hira Humayun, Mariya Knight, Andrew Carey, Radina Gigova and Maria Kostenko, CNN Russia plans to station tactical nuclear weapons in…
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By Heather Chen, Hira Humayun, Mariya Knight, Andrew Carey, Radina Gigova and Maria Kostenko, CNN Russia plans to station tactical nuclear weapons in…
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By Alta Spells, Sara Weisfeldt and Zoe Sottile, CNN A suspect in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, who was killed in his bedroom…
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN Each year, millions of people from over 190 countries and territories coordinate to turn off their lights for just one hour. The…
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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN On hearing the words “city killer” and “asteroid” in the same sentence, you’d be forgiven for…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN Scientists have created mice with two biologically male parents for the first time — a significant milestone in reproductive…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN In 2017, ‘Oumuamua became the first observed interstellar object to zip through our solar system, and its appearance…
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN For centuries, a setting sun has signaled the end of fasting rituals on holidays such as Ramadan and Yom Kippur, a cue to tuck…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected churning clouds of dust on a distant planet that orbits two stars. Known as…
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By Kristen Rogers, CNN A new and large species of spider has been found living in Queensland, Australia, and researchers say it’s in need of…
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By Sana Noor Haq, CNN The world is facing a looming global water crisis that threatens to “spiral out of control” as increased demand for…
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN Video by Channon Hodge, CNN Researchers have been pushing the limits of 3D printing for decades, using the manufacturing…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Organic molecules have been detected in samples collected by Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission from the near-Earth asteroid…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN An unusual animal with canine teeth similar to those of a saber-toothed cat and the wide-set eyes of a cow lived in South…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Telescopes around the world were watching when a NASA spacecraft intentionally crashed into an asteroid in September 2022.…
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN Video by Channon Hodge, CNN Researchers have been pushing the limits of 3D printing for decades, using the manufacturing…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN After more than 50 years of quiet, the moon is about to become a destination for space travelers again. The public will…
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By Laura Paddison, CNN The world is rapidly approaching catastrophic levels of heating with international climate goals set to slip out of reach…
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By Dalal Mawad, Oliver Briscoe, Chris Liakos and Jack Guy, CNN Two no-confidence votes against French President Emmanuel Macron’s government…
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By Heather Chen, CNN Millions of dead fish have washed up in a river near a small Australian town, in a phenomenon state officials say is related to…
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By Heather Chen, CNN Millions of dead fish have washed up in a river near a small Australian town, in a phenomenon state officials say is related to…
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By Nick Paton Walsh and Allegra Goodwin, CNN British and German fighter jets intercepted a Russian aircraft flying close to Estonian airspace Friday,…
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By Yusuf Gezer, Amy Cassidy and Jack Guy, CNN Turkey’s president says his government will begin ratifying Finland’s bid to become a NATO…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The remains of a glacier have been found near the Martian equator, suggesting that some form of water could still exist in…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the International Atomic Energy Agency and nuclear power. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN When scientists recently took a closer look at archival images of the surface of Venus, they discovered something new:…
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The bottled water industry is a juggernaut. More than 1 million bottles of water are sold every minute around the world and…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a rare and tumultuous sight 15,000 light-years away from Earth. The space…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN A plant-eating sauropod that lumbered around what’s now China some 162 million years ago had a neck that was about 10 feet…
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By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN NASA and Texas-based company Axiom Space have revealed a new spacesuit design — and it could be these…
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Only 13 of the world’s countries and territories had “healthy” air quality last year, according to a new…
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By Michelle Lou, Saeed Ahmed and Katia Hetter, CNN If you’ve been using Pi Day as an excuse to just eat pie, that’s just peachy (or apple…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN The battle against the single-use plastic bag may not be won but it’s definitely under way. Restrictions on their use are in…
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