Ancient temple and theater 3,500 years older than Machu Picchu discovered in Peru
By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed the remains of what they believe are a 4,000-year-old temple and theater,…
Continue ReadingBy Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed the remains of what they believe are a 4,000-year-old temple and theater,…
Continue ReadingBy Angela Dewan, CNN (CNN) — A group of 120 scientists, engineers and academics have penned an open letter calling on the Paris Olympics’…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Two lion brothers, including one with an amputated leg, were spotted making a record-breaking night swim…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft and its crew have been in space for more than a month — much longer than the…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — The oldest known plague victims date back to around 5,000 years ago in Europe. But it’s never been clear whether…
Continue ReadingBy Louis Mian, CNN London (CNN) — A previously unknown species of plant-eating dinosaur roamed on an island off the south coast of England…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — The European Space Agency’s member countries have endured a months-long space access predicament while waiting…
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — About half a billion years ago, a volcanic eruption near a shallow sea in what’s now Morocco preserved some…
Continue ReadingBy Lex Harvey and Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Would you like that burger medium rare, well-done, or lab-grown? Researchers in South Korea say…
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The Atacama Desert in northern Chile is one of the driest places on Earth, but swaths of its usually barren sand…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — An exoplanet the size of Jupiter has long intrigued astronomers because of its scorching temperatures,…
Continue ReadingBy Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — The eyed needle — a sewing tool made of bones, antlers or ivory that first appeared around 40,000 years ago in…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — The grasslands, glaciers and snow-tipped peaks of the Tibetan Plateau are breathtaking, but the vast expanse in…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — When NASA scientists recently tracked the orbits of two space rocks as they made close approaches of Earth,…
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — Set atop a hill on the Italian island of Sicily, Agrigento is a heritage tourist’s paradise. Beneath the…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A massive, fanged creature with a head shaped like a toilet seat lurked in swamps near the edge of the world…
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Deep inside Earth is a solid metal ball that rotates independently of our spinning planet, like a top whirling…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Hippos can get airborne when moving at high speeds over land, according to a new study. This is the first time that…
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Buried deep in an Australian cave, archaeologists have uncovered evidence that an Aboriginal ritual may have been…
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By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — When Hurricane Ida battered Louisiana with catastrophic flooding and powerful winds in August 2021, more than 1…
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