Matching sets of dinosaur footprints found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Matching sets of footprints discovered in Africa and South America reveal that dinosaurs once traveled along…
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Coating clothes with this simple material could cool your body by up to 8 degrees
By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Spending time outside during a heat wave can be sweaty, uncomfortable, even health-endangering, but scientists…
Continue ReadingPolaris Dawn mission will send crew on a wild, risky ride
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — When astronauts conduct spacewalks to perform maintenance outside of the International Space Station, the…
Continue ReadingSpaceX Crew Dragon capsule to return Boeing Starliner crew to Earth
CNN By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule will bring home two NASA astronauts who have remained on board the…
Continue ReadingPerseverance rover is making a steep ascent to reach unexplored Martian territory
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The Perseverance rover has begun a long climb up the steep rim of Jezero Crater on a quest to discover some…
Continue ReadingSpaceX Crew Dragon capsule to return Boeing Starliner crew to Earth
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule will bring home two NASA astronauts who have remained on board the International…
Continue ReadingIndia’s historic mission adds evidence to the theory of an ancient lunar magma ocean
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The historic Chandrayaan-3 mission, which made India the fourth country to land on the moon one year ago…
Continue ReadingScientists identified the ‘ManhattAnt’ — and they have theories on why it’s taking over NYC
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Under the feet of millions of New Yorkers, a species of ant — originally not found anywhere else in North…
Continue ReadingLong-hidden family scandal in Jamestown colony revealed 400 years later by ancient DNA
By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — An investigation of human remains from the 17th century British settlement in Jamestown, Virginia, has…
Continue ReadingThese robot boats are cleaning up Asia’s waterways
By Amy Gunia, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — In between the speedboats, luxury yachts, and wooden fishing boats moored in a Hong Kong marina, a…
Continue Reading1,500 policies to fix global warming were implemented in 41 countries. Here are the ones that worked best
By Laura Paddison and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — As the need for effective global climate action becomes ever more urgent,…
Continue ReadingThis superyacht hot spot for the uber-wealthy is heating up — and becoming more dangerous
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The storm that sank the “Bayesian,” a luxury yacht anchored off the Sicily coast, was sudden, violent and…
Continue ReadingAn unusual object is moving so fast it could escape the Milky Way. Scientists aren’t certain what it is
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — An object spotted with help of citizen scientists was moving so fast through the Milky Way that it could…
Continue ReadingSame-sex flamingo pair successfully hatches an egg together at a UK zoo
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Seven fluffy white Chilean flamingo chicks are on display at a zoo in southwest England for the first time since…
Continue ReadingAbout 20% of Sweden’s brown bears to be killed in annual hunt
By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — About 20% of Sweden’s brown bear population could be killed this hunting season after licenses were issued for…
Continue ReadingSpider forces male fireflies to flash like females to set a lethal trap, scientists say
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — In the paddy fields and around the ponds of central China, a common species of orb-weaving spider builds new webs…
Continue ReadingScientists have more evidence to explain why billions of crabs vanished around Alaska
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Fishermen and scientists were alarmed when billions of crabs vanished from the Bering Sea near Alaska in 2022.…
Continue ReadingSpectacular images of nature’s wonders revealed in photo competition
By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Two long-horned bees balancing on a flower, a fossilized dinosaur bone viewed through a microscope and a…
Continue ReadingSpacecraft successfully slingshots around Earth and the moon in a historic first on its way to Jupiter
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The European Space Agency’s Juice mission made two historic firsts this week on its long journey to study…
Continue ReadingSpaceX is about to send four people on a wild — and risky — mission into the radiation belts. Here’s what to know
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — When billionaire Jared Isaacman self-funded a mission to orbit Earth in 2021, the project was billed as a…
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