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By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — A well-preserved human skeleton that scientists recently excavated in Vietnam dates back about 12,000 years…

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — When Hurricane Erin explosively intensified in the Atlantic Ocean last week, the alarming part wasn’t solely…

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — A small group of about 10 writers, researchers and web development ninjas are launching an ambitious effort to…

By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — In a rocky outcrop on Mount Carmel, in what is now Israel, a group of ancient humans buried their dead about…

Story by Reuters (CNN) — Around 165 million years ago on a coastal floodplain in what is now Morocco lived one of the most extreme dinosaurs on…

By Jessica Jordan, CNN If you follow the Mississippi River to where it meets the ocean, you will be in Plaquemines, Louisiana’s southernmost…

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — How will the climate crisis affect one of the ocean’s fiercest predators? New research published Wednesday has…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have spotted the brightest fast radio burst yet coming from a nearby galaxy. Observations of this…

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — The most powerful rocket system ever constructed is headed for its next test — using a version of the vehicle…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have observed what they are calling a new type of supernova, which has provided an unparalleled…

By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Modern humans are evolutionary survivors, thriving generation after generation while our ancient relatives…

By Issy Ronald, CNN Paleontologists have discovered a new dinosaur species with a very distinctive feature, a sail-like structure running down its…

By Gina Park, CNN (CNN) — The moon goes by many names. August saw the full sturgeon moon while in March sky-gazers may have witnessed the blood…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers using the powerful eye of the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted a previously unknown moon…

By Chris Mooney (CNN) — The contiguous United States has endured another searing summer. June was unusually warm, and a major heatwave…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Ancient, fossilized teeth, uncovered during a decades-long archaeology project in northeastern Ethiopia,…

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — It stands to reason that a 95 million-year-old tooth shipped to my home would have a rich past. But what ensued…

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Talks to finalize the world’s first treaty on plastic pollution in Geneva, Switzerland collapsed in failure…

By Anna Tunkova, CNN (CNN) — Bats have a bad reputation. Myths, folk tales, and negative media coverage mean people often link these flying…

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — Satellites, including those used for GPS and communications, will face greater risks in coming decades during…

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Time is running out for US consumers to get money back for rooftop solar installations, electric vehicles, energy…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The once-thriving Roman city of Pompeii resembles an eerie time capsule, seemingly unoccupied since a…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A rare Martian meteorite, billed as the largest piece of Mars on Earth, captured attention when it fetched…

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — NASA is planning to decommission premier satellite missions that gather information on planet-warming pollution…

By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — From the rainforests of Central and South America to the savannas of northern Australia, the world’s equatorial…

By Taylor Nicioli (CNN) — For thousands of years, a disease repeatedly struck ancient Eurasia, quickly spreading far and wide. The bite of…

By Laura Paddison, Luke Snyder, CNN (CNN) — Europe is on track for its worst wildfire season on record as swaths of the continent — including…

By Marlowe Starling, CNN (CNN) — Marine researchers exploring extreme depths say they have discovered an astonishing deep-sea ecosystem of…

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well,…

By Jackie Wattles, Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Famed NASA astronaut Jim Lovell, who commanded the harrowing Apollo 13 mission that was…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — There’s a giant blob of incredibly hot rock beneath New Hampshire — and it may be part of the reason the…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A new image has revealed the clearest glimpse yet of an interstellar visitor zipping through our solar…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists have uncovered primitive sharp-edged stone tools on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, adding…

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Energy Sec. Chris Wright said Tuesday night the Trump administration is updating the National Climate Assessments…

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Firefly Aerospace, the first private company to successfully land upright on the moon, is set to make another…

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Parts of Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef, famed for its stunning colors and biodiversity, suffered the…

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Research vessel Blue Heron trawls the Great Lakes, gathering data from the water. The floating laboratory’s…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The humble modern-day potato, first domesticated about 10,000 years ago, got its start in the Andes mountains…

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists have used cutting edge techniques to reveal new information about the intricate tattoos of a woman that…

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Iran’s capital Tehran could be weeks away from “day zero,” experts say — the day when taps run dry for…

By Rebecca Cairns, CNN (CNN) — For the first time, archaeologists have used advanced scientific techniques on 4,000-year-old dental plaque to…

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists are facing a “race against time” to explore the wreck of an English warship that sank in a…