Boeing Starliner astronauts have now been in space more than 60 days with no end in sight
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams — two veteran NASA astronauts piloting the first crewed test flight of…
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Flirt or flight? How humans are scaring fish off finding a mate
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Scientists studying squaretail grouper have found that the increasing presence of fishermen in the water is changing…
Continue ReadingNASA delays SpaceX astronaut mission as rumors swirl about Boeing Starliner’s safety
By Jackie Wattles and Kristin Fisher, CNN (CNN) — The launch of SpaceX’s Crew-9 mission, an endeavor planned to ferry four astronauts to the…
Continue ReadingNewly discovered fossils shed light on the origins of curious ‘hobbit’ humans
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A hobbit-size species of ancient human that lived on the Indonesian island of Flores until about 50,000 years ago…
Continue ReadingChina moon samples reveal water molecules in groundbreaking discovery, scientists say
By Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — As Chinese scientists analyzed the soil samples that their lunar probe brought back from the moon, they…
Continue ReadingHow did ancient Egyptians stack those heavy stones of the oldest pyramid? Scientists float new theory
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — For years, Egyptologists have hotly debated how the massive pyramids of ancient Egypt were built more than 4,000…
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These scientists want to safeguard Earth’s species by cryogenically preserving them on the moon
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A group of scientists has devised a plan to safeguard Earth’s species in a cryogenic biorepository on the moon.…
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Inside the scramble to save NASA’s half-billion-dollar, water-hunting moon rover
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A half-billion-dollar rover that could be crucial to US lunar ambitions sits fully assembled but in a state of…
Continue Reading‘Astonishing’ Antarctica heat wave sends temperatures 50 degrees above normal
By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — A record-breaking heat wave unfolding at what should be the coldest time in Earth’s coldest place…
Continue ReadingScientists digitally dissect ancient Egyptian ‘screaming’ mummy
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Ancient Egypt’s pyramids, pharaohs and artifacts delight the imagination, reigniting wonder of the distant past in…
Continue ReadingExcavation in Egyptian necropolis uncovers 63 ancient tombs and a trove of gold artifacts
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — An ongoing excavation in Damietta, Egypt, has uncovered 63 tombs from more than 2,500 years ago, alongside a…
Continue ReadingA critical system of Atlantic Ocean currents could collapse as early as the 2030s, new research suggests
By Angela Dewan and Angela Fritz, CNN (CNN) — A vital system of Atlantic Ocean currents that influences weather across the world could collapse…
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Overwhelmed by heat? The culprit may be in your medicine cabinet
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — When Adelaide Saywell posted on TikTok last month that SSRIs, a commonly prescribed antidepressant medication,…
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Scientists have spotted unexpected X- and C-shaped structures in the atmosphere. They are struggling to explain them
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Each day, radio signals from key communications and navigation satellites travel freely through a layer of…
Continue ReadingScientists reveal new details about ‘screaming’ Egyptian mummy’s life and death
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — With her mouth wide open, locked for eternity in what appears to be a scream, an ancient Egyptian woman captured the…
Continue ReadingScientists traced roses’ thorny origins and solved a 400 million-year-old mystery
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Other than being a symbol for love and romance, roses are commonly known for their sharp spikes — prickles…
Continue ReadingMercury could have an 11-mile underground layer of diamonds, researchers say
By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — A layer of diamonds up to 18 kilometers (11 miles) thick could be tucked below the surface of Mercury, the solar…
Continue ReadingIcy body bags and mobile coolers: Here’s what it takes now to survive outside in America’s hottest city
By Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent (CNN) — On some parts of an overheating Earth, the old complaint that “it’s not the heat,…
Continue ReadingHow did Neanderthals disappear? New DNA analysis sheds light on the mystery
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — The 2010 discovery that early humans and Neanderthals once interbred was a scientific bombshell — the revelation…
Continue ReadingAncient swimming ‘taco’ had ‘bug jaws,’ new fossils show
By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — An ancient buglike sea creature with a fan-shaped tail and a carapace that wrapped around its body swam upside…
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