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Researchers wanted to understand the structure of the mounds before sending a robotic explorer to the region.

Unusual Martian mounds could help solve one of the red planet’s biggest mysteries

January 25, 2025 4:58 am CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of mysterious mounds on Mars preserve layers of evidence pointing to ancient water on the red…

Everyone agrees FEMA needs to change. The question is how

January 25, 2025 1:01 am CNN Newsource

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Even before the Los Angeles fires, the Federal Emergency Management Agency was under assault on all fronts.…

A FEMA search and rescue team from Maryland look for human remains in debris from a structure in Swannanoa after Tropical Storm Helene flooded the Swannanoa River on October 6

Everyone agrees FEMA needs to change. The question is how

January 25, 2025 1:01 am CNN Newsource

CNN By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Even before the Los Angeles fires, the Federal Emergency Management Agency was under assault on all fronts.…

Goats and sheep from the Shepherdess Land and Livestock Company eat brush and dried grass as part of an effort to prevent wildfire above homes in the Santa Monica mountains of Topanga

Trump says California’s mismanagement of forests and water is to blame for wildfires. Here’s the reality.

January 24, 2025 7:57 am CNN Newsource

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — As more than 60 square miles Los Angeles violently burned earlier this month, then-President Elect Donald Trump…

An illustration is pictured of what Dragon Man may have looked like.

Puzzling fossils unearthed in China may rewrite the human story

January 24, 2025 6:51 am CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A cache of human-like fossils from China has perplexed scientists for decades, defying explanation or…

Two mysterious fast radio bursts originated from wildly different places in space

January 24, 2025 4:38 am CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Mysterious fast radio bursts, or millisecond-long bright flashes of radio waves from space, have intrigued…

"Sun stones" were named for sunlike designs carved on discs found on the Danish island of Bornholm. The sun is the most common motif

Neolithic people in Denmark sacrificed ‘sun stones’ after climate cataclysm, scientists say

January 23, 2025 2:16 pm CNN Newsource

By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of unusual discs unearthed in Denmark are revealing clues into how a Stone Age population responded…

"It is likely to again move towards the island soon

Fears that the world’s biggest iceberg could hit island in the South Atlantic

January 23, 2025 8:12 am CNN Newsource

By Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — The world’s largest iceberg is still on the move and there are fears that it could be headed north from…

The size of human beings has increased over the past century thanks to better health and nutrition — but this change has not occurred equally among men and women

Men got taller and heavier at twice the rate of women over past century, study shows

January 23, 2025 3:38 am CNN Newsource

By Amarachi Orie, CNN London (CNN) — The size of human beings has increased over the past century thanks to better health and nutrition — but…

China made a bet decades ago because it couldn’t compete with the US on cars. That bet is paying off big

January 23, 2025 1:00 am CNN Newsource

By Laura Paddison and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The streets of Beijing have changed dramatically within just a few years. The noisy, smelly…

A sample of the "Charlottetown" meteorite is pictured in the laboratory at the Unviersity of Alberta. Dr. Chris Herd

Doorbell camera catches rare footage of meteorite striking home’s front walkway

January 22, 2025 8:59 am CNN Newsource

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — It was a simple, sunny afternoon on Canada’s Prince Edward Island as Joe Velaidum and his partner, Laura…

Earth’s magnetic north pole is on the move, and scientists just updated its position

January 21, 2025 7:32 am CNN Newsource

By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — If you are using your smartphone to navigate, your system just got a crucial update. Scientists have released…

Extreme weather events like the LA wildfires are creating climate refugees. Where do they go?

January 21, 2025 3:00 am CNN Newsource

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Nic Arnzen can spot people who, like him, have lost their homes to the LA wildfires. “We have the same look in…

President Donald Trump speaks during inauguration ceremonies. President Donald Trump will sign executive actions on January 20 that cement his intention to double down on fossil fuels and reverse America’s progress on climate change and clean energy

Trump signs sweeping executive actions on immigration, launches fight to end birthright citizenship

January 20, 2025 11:21 am CNN Newsource

CNN By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump began his term by taking a series of sweeping immigration executive…

Trump signs actions to pull US out of Paris climate agreement, intends to promote fossil fuels and mineral mining

January 20, 2025 10:35 am CNN Newsource

By Ella Nilsen, Matt Egan and Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump signed executive actions Monday and cemented his intent to…

Construction on Eversource's geothermal networking pilot program began in 2023.

A first-of-its kind project is tapping energy beneath the ground to heat and cool homes

January 20, 2025 6:22 am CNN Newsource

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Eric Mauchan’s Cape Cod-style house in Framingham, Massachusetts, does not have central air conditioning. So…

A dodo skeleton is seen in 1938 opposite a reconstructed model of the extinct bird in the National Museum Cardiff in Wales.

New missions are carrying innovative technology, and a little red house, to the moon

January 18, 2025 8:00 am CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Landing on the moon is one of the most challenging things humanity has attempted. Perhaps that’s part of…

When Hauksbee's request to have other physicians prescribe his treatment was not accepted

A 1747 study found the treatment for scurvy. A man accused of ‘quackery’ may have inspired it

January 18, 2025 5:00 am CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The first controlled clinical trial recorded in the modern age, carried out in 1747 to test treatments for…

Scientists say they found oxygen where it shouldn’t be. Now, the hunt is on for more answers

January 17, 2025 4:05 pm CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A startling discovery made public in July that metallic rocks were apparently producing oxygen on the Pacific…

Researchers said they named a newfound species "Bathynomus vaderi" because the supergiant sea bug's head resembles Darth Vader's helmet.

Giant ‘Darth Vader’ sea bug discovered off the coast of Vietnam

January 17, 2025 4:02 pm CNN Newsource

CNN By Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have newly identified a “supergiant” sea bug species after purchasing crustaceans from…

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