NASA is about to launch a laser demo that could revolutionize space communication
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The latest on the Omicron coronavirus variant
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Continue ReadingA year on this exoplanet only lasts about 8 hours
By Ashley Strickland, CNN If you think there aren’t enough hours in the day on Earth, this newly discovered planet will make your head spin. On…
Continue ReadingA ferocious marine reptile with gnarly teeth for crushing prey was discovered in Colombia
By Megan Marples, CNN Scientists revealed a newly discovered marine ichthyosaur species with gnarly teeth that was found in Colombia. The partial…
Continue ReadingRepealing Roe v. Wade would set the US apart from other leading democracies. Here’s how some key nations view abortion
By Rob Picheta, CNN The United States Supreme Court appears poised to pare down, or even entirely overturn, nearly five decades of constitutional…
Continue ReadingRepealing Roe v. Wade would set the US apart from other leading democracies. Here’s how some key nations view abortion
By Rob Picheta, CNN The United States Supreme Court appears poised to pare down, or even entirely overturn, nearly five decades of constitutional…
Continue ReadingNASA astronauts successfully conduct spacewalk postponed due to debris risk
By Ashley Strickland, CNN During a six and a half hour spacewalk Thursday, NASA astronauts Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron replaced a…
Continue ReadingHow South African scientists discovered Omicron and set off a global chain reaction
By Tim Lister and David McKenzie, CNN In the early days of November, laboratory technicians at Lancet Laboratories in Pretoria, South Africa, found…
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Continue ReadingAstronauts celebrate record-breaking chile harvest in space with taco night
By Ashley Strickland, CNN While we were eating Thanksgiving leftovers and shopping sales on Black Friday, astronauts on the International Space…
Continue ReadingNew armored dinosaur found in Chile had bizarre weaponized tail
By Katie Hunt, CNN A new species of armored dinosaur discovered in Chile had a weaponized tail not seen before in any other dinosaur. Roughly 2…
Continue ReadingOmicron was in Europe long before travel bans on southern Africa
By Tara John, CNN When South African officials sounded the alarm on the new Omicron variant last Thursday, stocks around the world tumbled and up to…
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Continue ReadingDebris warning postpones NASA spacewalk
By Ashley Strickland and Katie Hunt, CNN NASA has postponed a spacewalk that was scheduled for Tuesday after receiving a space debris warning for the…
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Continue ReadingThe first cases of the Omicron variant identified around the world
By Rob Picheta, CNN Editor’s note: The Omicron coronavirus variant has now been identified in dozens of countries globally and this story will…
Continue ReadingThe first cases of the Omicron variant identified around the world
By Rob Picheta, CNN Editor’s note: The Omicron coronavirus variant has now been identified in dozens of countries globally and this story will…
Continue ReadingOmicron variant puts world in a ‘race against time’, says EU Commission President
By Martin Goillandeau and Ivana Kottasová, CNN The world is in a “race against time” with the Omicron coronavirus variant, said European…
Continue ReadingVaccine inequity and hesitancy made the Omicron variant more likely, scientists say
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Many of the world’s richest countries have spent the past year hoarding coronavirus vaccines, buying up enough doses…
Continue ReadingVaccine inequity and hesitancy made the Omicron variant more likely, scientists say
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Many of the world’s richest countries have spent the past year hoarding coronavirus vaccines, buying up enough doses…
Continue ReadingThese award-winning photos are guaranteed to make you laugh
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Focusing on gratitude has helped me through this year. And in the spirit of Thanksgiving, I wanted to say that I’m so…
Continue ReadingWorld is put on high alert over the Omicron coronavirus variant
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN As fears mount over the newly identified coronavirus variant Omicron, governments around the world are scrambling to protect…
Continue ReadingNovember 26 Omicron variant news
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Continue ReadingA new Covid-19 variant with high number of mutations sparks travel bans and worries scientists
By David McKenzie, Ghazi Balkiz and Ivana Kottasová, CNN The discovery of a new and potentially more transmissible coronavirus variant by South…
Continue ReadingHow US gun culture stacks up with the world
By Kara Fox, Krystina Shveda, Natalie Croker and Marco Chacon, CNN Atlanta. Orlando. Las Vegas. Newtown. Parkland. San Bernardino. Ubiquitous gun…
Continue ReadingHow US gun culture stacks up with the world
By Kara Fox, Krystina Shveda, Natalie Croker and Marco Chacon, CNN Monterey Park. Atlanta. Orlando. Las Vegas. Newtown. Parkland. San Bernardino.…
Continue ReadingAmber captures rare plant behavior in an ancient, extinct pine cone
By Katie Hunt, CNN The first fossil evidence of a pine cone sprouting seeds has been preserved in 40 million-year-old amber. Seed germination…
Continue ReadingA new Covid-19 variant could show immune evasion and enhanced transmissibility, South African scientists warn
By David McKenzie and Ghazi Balkiz, CNN South Africa’s health minister announced Thursday the discovery of a new coronavirus variant that…
Continue ReadingA new Covid-19 variant could show immune evasion and enhanced transmissibility, South African scientists warn
By David McKenzie and Ghazi Balkiz, CNN South Africa’s health minister announced Thursday the discovery of a new coronavirus variant that…
Continue ReadingThis is how astronauts celebrate Thanksgiving in space
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The holidays still happen in space, they just look a little bit different. But the sentiments are the same.…
Continue ReadingPoliticians are failing to deliver climate justice. Lawyers and scientists could do it in court
By Angela Dewan and Isabelle Jani-Friend, CNN There were few memorable moments at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow earlier this month, but a…
Continue ReadingThis is how astronauts celebrate Thanksgiving in space
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The holidays still happen in space, they just look a little bit different. But the sentiments are the same.…
Continue ReadingMissouri dig site is home to at least 4 rare dinosaurs, and there could be more
By Sherry Liang, CNN The first tracings of dinosaurs in Missouri were found in the 1940s on the Chronister family’s property when they were…
Continue ReadingEurope is facing 700,000 more Covid deaths — but masks could prevent many of them, WHO says
By Rob Picheta and Isabelle Jani-Friend, CNN Europe could suffer another 700,000 Covid-19 deaths by March, the World Health Organization (WHO) has…
Continue ReadingEurope is facing 700,000 more Covid deaths — but masks could prevent many of them, WHO says
By Rob Picheta and Isabelle Jani-Friend, CNN Europe could suffer another 700,000 Covid-19 deaths by March, the World Health Organization (WHO) has…
Continue ReadingEurope is facing 700,000 more Covid deaths — but masks could prevent many of them, WHO says
By Rob Picheta and Isabelle Jani-Friend, CNN Europe could suffer another 700,000 Covid-19 deaths by March, the World Health Organization (WHO) has…
Continue ReadingNASA launches mission to crash into a near-Earth asteroid to try to change its motion in space
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A NASA spacecraft that will deliberately crash into an asteroid has successfully launched. The DART mission, or the Double…
Continue ReadingNASA launches mission to crash into a near-Earth asteroid to try to change its motion in space
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A NASA spacecraft that will deliberately crash into an asteroid has successfully launched. The DART mission, or the Double…
Continue ReadingNASA launches mission to crash into a near-Earth asteroid to try to change its motion in space
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A NASA spacecraft that will deliberately crash into an asteroid has successfully launched. The DART mission, or the Double…
Continue ReadingAncient human relative walked like a human but climbed like an ape, new fossils suggest
By Hannah Ryan, CNN An ancient human relative was able to walk the ground on two legs and use their upper limbs to climb and swing like apes,…
Continue ReadingAstronauts celebrate record-breaking chile harvest in space with taco night
By Ashley Strickland, CNN While we were eating Thanksgiving leftovers and shopping sales on Black Friday, astronauts on the International Space…
Continue ReadingNASA will launch mission to crash into a near-Earth asteroid to try to change its motion in space
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A NASA spacecraft that will deliberately crash into an asteroid is preparing to launch this week. The DART mission, or the…
Continue ReadingWhy we’re grateful for the tiny Ingenuity helicopter on Mars
By Ashley Strickland, CNN This year, we’ve watched the story of a little chopper unfold on another planet. And much like the joy brought by the…
Continue ReadingExploring mysterious worlds in ‘The Hunt for Planet B’
By Ashley Strickland, CNN If the universe is a seemingly endless desert, planet Earth is just a grain of sand. The mere thought can send you down an…
Continue ReadingIf Planet B exists, what might it be like?
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Since the first exoplanets were discovered in the 1990s, many have wondered if we might find another Earth out there, a…
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