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By Lily Hautau, CNN (CNN) — A chunky, squat creature that roamed Earth 307 million years ago is helping scientists understand how plant-eating…

By Asuka Koda, CNN (CNN) — Team USA won silver in mixed doubles curling on Tuesday after reaching the event’s final for the first time during…

By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Picture all of Earth’s oceans, which cover about 70% of the planet and are mostly made of hydrogen. Now…

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Researchers in Turkey say they have unearthed archaeological evidence that the Romans used human feces in medical…

By Laura Paddison, Samuel Hart, CNN (CNN) — Jessie Diggins is an endurance athlete. The Olympic cross-country skier describes the intensity of…

By Jackie Wattles, Hadas Gold, John Liu, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk’s ambition to one day settle Mars appears to have taken a back seat to a…

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Recreating a piece of the universe in a bottle might sound like science fiction, but it’s exactly what Linda…

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — When plant biologist Jing-Yi Lu was earning his bachelor’s degree in Taiwan, he began to take note of the…

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Some 400 million years ago, long before dinosaurs or even trees had evolved, an enigmatic organism towered over the…

By Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — In an idyllic corner of an English field, beneath the lush green grass and yellow buttercups sprouting in…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — There is nothing like the excitement of a rocket launch. I’ll never forget the feeling of being at NASA’s…

By Katie Hunt, Jackie Wattles, Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — NASA is now targeting March for the earliest possible launch of its historic…

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Monday dealt a fifth blow to the Trump administration’s attempts to kill the offshore wind…

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Electricity costs are climbing nearly everywhere in the United States. But, in recent months, the Trump…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Look to the sky this weekend for a chance to see February’s wintry full moon, which comes as four…

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Blue Origin announced Friday that it is pausing flights aboard its suborbital space tourism rocket New Shepard.…

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have discovered the largest organic molecule containing sulfur — a key ingredient for life — ever…

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — As the sea ice melts due to climate change, the trend of polar bears getting thinner and having fewer cubs has…

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists have discovered a 1,400-year-old Zapotec tomb in southern Mexico, adorned with complex carvings, which…

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Scientist Veerabhadran Ramanathan yearned for the American dream while growing up in southern India in the 1960s:…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — NASA’s Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off 40 years ago with an unusual crew. In addition to six…

By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — At the dawn of the nuclear age, scientists created the Doomsday Clock as a symbolic representation of how close…

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — When four astronauts begin a historic trip around the moon as soon as February 6, they’ll climb aboard…

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Space junk falling out of orbit and crashing toward Earth is a growing threat. Indeed, old satellites and…

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — The frigid temperatures, massive snow and deadly ice storm taking shape east of the Rockies might seem to…

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — The outline of a hand made with red pigment on the wall of a cave in Indonesia at least 67,800 years ago may be the…

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Longtime NASA astronaut Suni Williams announced her retirement Tuesday — officially making the unexpectedly…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Powerful solar activity released by the sun reached Earth Monday, causing colorful auroral displays and GPS…

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — How does a cow scratch an itch on its back? An Austrian cow named Veronika has a solution that could change how…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Artist, inventor and anatomist Leonardo da Vinci was the definition of a Renaissance man — and scientists…

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — On the vast expanse of the Siberian steppe 14,000 years ago, a 2-month-old wolf pup gobbled down some woolly…

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Four astronauts aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule splashed down early Thursday in the Pacific Ocean, ending a…

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Four astronauts are now en route home from the International Space Station, marking the first time NASA has…

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Particles from Earth’s atmosphere have been carried into space by solar wind and have been landing on the moon…

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Dark-eyed junco songbirds have been serenading the University of California, Los Angeles campus for decades as…

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Four astronauts will return from the International Space Station more than a month ahead of schedule after an…

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — There were 23 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in the United States last year, adding up…

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Toddlers can pick up new words just by overhearing conversations. Now, new research suggests that some…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers may have discovered a previously unknown type of astronomical object, nicknamed “Cloud-9,”…

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump wants the US to sell Venezuela’s oil. But who would buy it? China has long been one of…

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — NASA said on Wednesday it was postponing a spacewalk at the International Space Station that was scheduled for…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have detected traces of plant toxins on Stone Age arrowheads that were used by hunter-gatherers in…