DNA analysis upends long-held assumptions about Pompeii victims’ final moments
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Ancient DNA has revealed surprises about the identities of some people who perished in the ancient Roman town…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Ancient DNA has revealed surprises about the identities of some people who perished in the ancient Roman town…
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Hours after former President Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 election, the Biden administration…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — With a sickle across her neck and a padlock on her left big toe, the corpse of a young woman found in northern…
Continue ReadingBy Brandon Miller and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — New data confirms 2024 will be the hottest year on record and the first calendar year to exceed…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — An emperor penguin surprised locals when it appeared on a beach in Australia after making an epic journey of thousands…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Researchers have uncovered links between the precursor to the world’s oldest writing system and the…
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — A meteor shower known for blazing fireballs is set to peak on Monday night into early Tuesday and could present…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The Mary Rose was a royal favorite when it first set sail as the flagship of King Henry VIII’s fleet in…
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — For more than 1,000 years, dense forests in the Mexican state of Campeche concealed the region’s ancient…
Continue ReadingBy Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — For many people, prime numbers have faded into the background since distant grade school days. However, for Luke…
Continue ReadingBy Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Talented though they may be, monkeys will never type out the complete works of William Shakespeare, or even a…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The 47-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft is back in touch with NASA — but not out of the woods — after a…
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — The oldest known surviving tombstone in the United States is an elaborate display of wealth — an intricately…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The Perseverance rover spotted a quick glimpse of a cosmic “googly eye” on Mars during a recent solar…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Well-preserved bones recovered from an English shipwreck are shedding light on what life was like for the…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — When a supernova was seen glittering in the night sky for six months in 1181, it was so bright that Chinese…
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — A comet nicknamed the “Halloween comet” disintegrated on Monday during its closest approach of the sun, and…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A shimmering ancient fossil unearthed in New York state looks like a piece of finely crafted jewelry, but it’s…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Louisiana students Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson wowed their teachers in 2022 when they discovered a new way…
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Water was already up to his knees, but 22-year-old Kierwen Garlan’s first thought was how to help his…
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