Cave fossils in China reveal lives of mysterious human relatives
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists excavating a cave in southwestern China have unearthed fossilized remains that belonged to an…
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Super El Niño-fueled fires destroyed huge tracts of this country before. They’re happening again
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Wildfires are ripping across parts of Indonesia, destroying precious peatland and smothering the country in a…
Continue ReadingFossilized eggs of the largest known dinosaurs have been unearthed in an unexpected place
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — The largest dinosaurs that ever lived were able to reproduce at high latitudes — or regions far from the equator…
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Sudden sea level rise — tied to El Niño — is about to hit the California coast
By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — The sea level along California’s coast will increase by about a foot by mid-October due to the influence of…
Continue ReadingThis company says it can help cool the planet for $10 billion a year; scientists are raising red flags
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — One company has a simple-sounding plan to help save the planet: take a food additive and the mineral that makes…
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Trump’s proposed Space Academy aims to educate a new generation of astronauts and engineers
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is proposing the creation of a “United States Space Academy” designed to offer the…
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‘Biggest surprise of my life’: Denmark’s largest Viking Age silver hoard discovered in backyard
By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — The mundane work of clearing grass and stones in a backyard has led to the discovery of Denmark’s largest known…
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‘Extremely rare event:’ Miles-long microalgae bloom knocks out most of Israel’s desalination plants
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — A miles-long microalgae bloom in the Mediterranean Sea has been blamed for temporarily knocking offline many of…
Continue ReadingCandy stealing, nose blowing and splash-free urinals. The Ig Nobel awards are back
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Think of scientific research and you may picture white lab coats, microscopes or arrays of high-end equipment — but…
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The BepiColombo mission begins its arrival at Mercury after nearly 8 years
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — An ambitious mission to reveal the secrets of the least explored planet in the inner solar system is taking…
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The Trump administration cut funds for natural hazards monitoring in Nepal
By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — In January 2025, the Trump administration cut off funding for a long-running natural hazards program that aimed…
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Tasmanian tiger skull shows it was different than any living mammal
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Hunters wiped out thylacines, commonly known as Tasmanian tigers, in Australia nearly a century ago. But a…
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NASA launches ‘discovery machine’ to unravel the invisible universe
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A massive observatory that scientists have called a “discovery machine” has launched toward the cosmos,…
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An encounter with NASA’s game-changing ‘starglasses’
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — During a visit to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory three years ago, I stepped into a blinding white room.…
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Why living downstream from a glacier has become a deadly liability
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Living in the shadow of the world’s spectacular, ice-capped mountains has always carried dangers, but the…
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El Niño events are becoming stronger as the world warms
By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — The climate pattern that drives El Niño is becoming more erratic as the planet warms, and El Niño itself is…
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Catch the full moon as it slips into Earth’s shadow in a partial lunar eclipse
By Amen Galinato, CNN (CNN) — August’s full sturgeon moon will align with a partial lunar eclipse, producing a stunning cosmic sight for…
Continue ReadingResearchers identify traces of two ‘ghost’ ancestors in modern human DNA
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Clues emerging from DNA could unlock the mystery of human ancestors that are missing from the fossil record yet…
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SpaceX plans to build the ‘biggest launch site on Earth’ for $100 billion in Louisiana
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — SpaceX on Tuesday unveiled plans to construct a massive, $100 billion spaceport in Louisiana, where the company…
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Nevada sues the Trump administration over ‘catastrophic’ water cuts as the Colorado River spirals into crisis
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Last week the Trump administration announced major cuts to the water Arizona, California and Nevada can take…
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