New research, at odds with 2023 study, argues we’re not witnessing a sixth mass extinction event
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Humans have wiped out hundreds of species — with many more on the brink or experiencing large declines in…
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Re-freezing the North Pole? A giant sea curtain? High-tech efforts to save the Arctic are doomed, report finds
By Laura Paddison, Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Moonshot proposals to save the planet’s ice sheets, including giant underwater sea curtains and…
Continue ReadingScientists find a surprising reason why people are eating more sugar
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Ice creams, frozen desserts and super-chilled sodas take on a new appeal in sticky summer heat. As climate…
Continue ReadingThe full corn moon will peak this weekend, accompanied by a total lunar eclipse. Here’s what’s in store
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Many sky-gazers around the world will get the chance to see a dazzling celestial display this weekend — a…
Continue ReadingThese devices harvest drinking water from the air in the planet’s driest places. Critics say they’re an expensive distraction
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The arid desert landscape of Death Valley is not the obvious place to find water. Yet it’s here, in one of the…
Continue ReadingEPA moves to suspend without pay over 100 employees who signed letter of dissent
By Ella Nilsen, Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — The Environmental Protection Agency has moved to suspend more than 100 staffers who signed a…
Continue ReadingSpaceflight activates ‘dark genome’ in human cells, researcher says
By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Spaceflight makes certain human stem cells age faster, a new study has found, furthering scientists’…
Continue ReadingTrump admin sued by developers and two states after stopping work on nearly complete offshore wind farm project
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Offshore wind developers and the attorneys general of Rhode Island and Connecticut are suing the federal government…
Continue ReadingResearchers find oldest written claim that the Shroud of Turin was faked
By Taylor Nicioli (CNN) — The Shroud of Turin — a 14-foot-long linen cloth bearing an image of a crucified man — has captivated people for…
Continue ReadingWorld’s biggest iceberg, A23a, has broken up
By Lianne Kolirin and Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The world’s largest iceberg is “rapidly breaking up” into several large “very large…
Continue ReadingResearchers unearthed skeleton of extinct ‘hypercarnivore’ that had a taste for dinosaurs
By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Tens of millions of years ago, an apex predator resembling a giant crocodile stalked the humid freshwater…
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Scientists have created rechargeable, multicolored, glow-in-the-dark succulent plants
By Issy Ronald and Amarachi Orie, CNN Glow-in-the-dark plants bright enough to light up streets at night may sound like the stuff of science fiction…
Continue ReadingTrump announces Space Command move to Alabama. Here’s why it matters
By Jackie Wattles, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will move the military’s US Space Command to…
Continue ReadingBioluminscent algae are bathing this Australian beach in an electric blue ‘ethereal glow’
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — A beach in Melbourne, Australia has been bathed in a “ethereal glow” at nighttime this week thanks to…
Continue ReadingClimate scientists file a public, point-by-point rebuttal of Trump admin report casting doubt on climate change
By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — More than 85 veteran climate scientists have pushed back against a Trump administration report downplaying the…
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A powerful solar storm could trigger auroras farther south over the US than usual
By Jackie Wattles, CNN A powerful solar storm is expected to reach Earth on Monday evening, potentially triggering a display of northern lights…
Continue ReadingHis search for the Titanic concealed a top-secret military operation. How the iconic discovery unfolded
CNN By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Forty years ago, in the early hours of September 1, grainy black-and-white images of a metal cylinder appeared…
Continue ReadingHis search for the Titanic concealed a top-secret military operation. How the iconic discovery unfolded
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Forty years ago, in the early hours of September 1, grainy black-and-white images of a metal cylinder appeared on…
Continue ReadingAn unusual quartz-tipped tool killed a man 12,000 years ago. Scientists are puzzling over who wielded it
By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — A well-preserved human skeleton that scientists recently excavated in Vietnam dates back about 12,000 years…
Continue ReadingThere’s a new world order in the Atlantic Ocean, and Hurricane Erin gave us a frightening peek
By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — When Hurricane Erin explosively intensified in the Atlantic Ocean last week, the alarming part wasn’t solely…
Continue ReadingClimate.gov will re-launch under new URL thanks to a secret team of web ninjas
By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — A small group of about 10 writers, researchers and web development ninjas are launching an ambitious effort to…
Continue ReadingEarliest evidence of interbreeding between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens discovered
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…
Continue Reading‘Jaw-droppingly weird’ dinosaur from Morocco was studded with spikes and armor
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…
Continue ReadingA mysterious rose survived Hurricane Katrina and spread throughout the US. Its origins are still unknown
By Jessica Jordan, CNN If you follow the Mississippi River to where it meets the ocean, you will be in Plaquemines, Louisiana’s southernmost…
Continue ReadingThe ocean is getting more acidic, and it could affect sharks’ teeth
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — How will the climate crisis affect one of the ocean’s fiercest predators? New research published Wednesday has…
Continue ReadingBrightest fast radio burst ever detected could help solve an enduring cosmic mystery
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have spotted the brightest fast radio burst yet coming from a nearby galaxy. Observations of this…
Continue ReadingThe most powerful rocket ever built is set for its next test. Here’s why some experts are worried
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — The most powerful rocket system ever constructed is headed for its next test — using a version of the vehicle…
Continue ReadingNew type of supernova ‘looks like nothing anyone has ever seen before,’ astronomer says
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have observed what they are calling a new type of supernova, which has provided an unparalleled…
Continue ReadingHumans may have had a competitive edge over our ancient relatives, study suggests
By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Modern humans are evolutionary survivors, thriving generation after generation while our ancient relatives…
Continue ReadingNew dinosaur species with striking sail-like back discovered
By Issy Ronald, CNN Paleontologists have discovered a new dinosaur species with a very distinctive feature, a sail-like structure running down its…
Continue ReadingWhat’s a black moon? Here’s what to expect this weekend
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…
Continue ReadingAstronomers discover hidden moon orbiting Uranus
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers using the powerful eye of the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted a previously unknown moon…
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Ancient temple could reveal secrets of a lost society that predates the Inca Empire
By Gina Park, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists say they have discovered the ruins of what they believe are the boundaries of an ancient temple…
Continue ReadingThe strange divide in how Americans experience summer temperatures
By Chris Mooney (CNN) — The contiguous United States has endured another searing summer. June was unusually warm, and a major heatwave…
Continue ReadingFossils show two types of ancient human ancestors lived at the same place and time. One was possibly an unknown species
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Ancient, fossilized teeth, uncovered during a decades-long archaeology project in northeastern Ethiopia,…
Continue ReadingI tried to find out if the dinosaur tooth I bought online was real. It didn’t go as expected
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…
Continue ReadingGlobal plastic treaty talks end in failure as countries remain bitterly divided over how to tackle the crisis
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Talks to finalize the world’s first treaty on plastic pollution in Geneva, Switzerland collapsed in failure…
Continue ReadingMexico’s bat man on saving the ‘most unfairly treated animals on Earth’
By Anna Tunkova, CNN (CNN) — Bats have a bad reputation. Myths, folk tales, and negative media coverage mean people often link these flying…
Continue ReadingClimate pollution is making GPS and communications satellites even more vulnerable to solar storms
By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — Satellites, including those used for GPS and communications, will face greater risks in coming decades during…
Continue ReadingClean energy savings are disappearing. Here’s how to get them
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Time is running out for US consumers to get money back for rooftop solar installations, electric vehicles, energy…
Continue ReadingThe eerie remains of Pompeii seem untouched. But new findings reveal a little-known postscript
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The once-thriving Roman city of Pompeii resembles an eerie time capsule, seemingly unoccupied since a…
Continue ReadingNiger opens investigation after Sotheby’s auction of Martian meteorite
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A rare Martian meteorite, billed as the largest piece of Mars on Earth, captured attention when it fetched…
Continue ReadingThe perfectly fine, already-paid-for satellites Trump wants to destroy in a fiery atmospheric reentry
By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — NASA is planning to decommission premier satellite missions that gather information on planet-warming pollution…
Continue ReadingExtreme heat is threatening tropical birds, even in untouched forests, scientists warn
By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — From the rainforests of Central and South America to the savannas of northern Australia, the world’s equatorial…
Continue ReadingA plague mysteriously spread from Europe into Asia 4,000 years ago. Scientists now think they may know how
By Taylor Nicioli (CNN) — For thousands of years, a disease repeatedly struck ancient Eurasia, quickly spreading far and wide. The bite of…
Continue Reading‘We’re being cooked alive:’ Europe burns as temperatures soar above 100 degrees
By Laura Paddison, Luke Snyder, CNN (CNN) — Europe is on track for its worst wildfire season on record as swaths of the continent — including…
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The Perseid meteor shower is peaking Tuesday. Here’s how to see it
By Gina Park, CNN (CNN) — It’s finally time to watch one of the best meteor showers of the year: the brilliant display known as the Perseids.…
Continue Reading The Perseid meteor shower is peaking Tuesday. Here’s how to see it
CNN By Gina Park, CNN (CNN) — It’s finally time to watch one of the best meteor showers of the year: the brilliant display known as the…
Continue ReadingScientists say they cruised the ocean in a deep-sea submersible and came across an undiscovered ecosystem
By Marlowe Starling, CNN (CNN) — Marine researchers exploring extreme depths say they have discovered an astonishing deep-sea ecosystem of…
Continue ReadingAncient viral DNA may play a key role in early human development, new study suggests
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well,…
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