More than 300 people dead after 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Haiti
By AnneClaire Stapleton and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN The Haitian government declared a state of emergency after at least 304 people died in a 7.2…
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Mars on Earth: Apply for NASA’s simulated Martian mission
By Ashley Strickland, CNN If you’ve ever dreamed of what it might be like to live on another world, here’s your chance. Applications are…
Continue Reading Mammoths were the original ‘ice road truckers,’ traveling vast distances across the Arctic
By Katie Hunt, CNN Mammoths covered huge distances in their lifetime. The beasts traveled the equivalent of the circumference of the Earth almost…
Continue Reading The inhabitant of a medieval grave in Finland may have been nonbinary, a new study finds
By Scottie Andrew, CNN In 1968, excavators uncovered a nearly 1,000-year-old grave in Finland thought to be occupied by a warrior woman, given the…
Continue Reading Ghostly rings found around a black hole
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Black holes are one the universe’s ultimate mysteries, hard to even imagine. But thanks to a recently released NASA…
Continue Reading Why the Perseverance rover couldn’t collect its first Martian sample
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Perseverance rover attempted to collect its first sample of Mars last week, but it seems the red planet wasn’t…
Continue Reading Asteroid Bennu now has a greater chance of hitting Earth through 2300, but still slim
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Bennu is one of the most hazardous known asteroids in our solar system. Thanks to a visit by a NASA spacecraft, scientists…
Continue Reading The nightmare of Greece’s Evia, an island devoured by flames
By Eleni Giokos, CNN At times it feels like the air itself is burning here on Evia. The smell and taste of smoke is ever-present; ash falls from the…
Continue Reading Why wildfires happen: Debunking the myth that arson is to blame more than climate change
CNN, KTVN, TNLA, KRCR, KOVR By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Wildfires tearing across the Mediterranean have killed dozens of people and reduced entire…
Continue Reading Why wildfires happen: Debunking the myth that arson is to blame more than climate change
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Wildfires tearing across the Mediterranean have killed dozens of people and reduced entire villages to ash. Some leaders…
Continue Reading Perseid meteor showers are set to be a showstopper celestial event
By Megan Marples and Ashley Strickland, CNN The Perseid meteor shower will grace the summer skies in mid-August as one of the biggest showers of the…
Continue Reading NASA watchdog says return of astronauts to moon by 2024 ‘not feasible’ due to spacesuit delays
By Kristin Fisher and Ashley Strickland, CNN NASA’s goal of returning American astronauts to the moon by 2024 isn’t feasible because of…
Continue Reading International Space Station Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the International Space Station (ISS), a spacecraft built by a partnership of 16 nations: United…
Continue Reading Climate scientists have done their bit. Now the pressure is on leaders for COP26.
By Ivana Kottasová and Angela Dewan, CNN Scientists have warned for decades that we were changing the climate in a way that would have devastating…
Continue Reading Detained Americans Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at some recent cases of foreign governments detaining US citizens. For information about missing…
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Key takeaways from the UN report on the climate crisis
CNN By Brandon Miller, CNN Monday’s report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) represents the most…
Continue Reading Earth is warming faster than previously thought, scientists say, and the window is closing to avoid catastrophic outcomes
By Angela Fritz and Rachel Ramirez, CNN As the world battles historic droughts, landscape-altering wildfires and deadly floods, a landmark report…
Continue Reading Earth is warming faster than previously thought, scientists say, and the window is closing to avoid catastrophic outcomes
CNN By Angela Fritz and Rachel Ramirez, CNN As the world battles historic droughts, landscape-altering wildfires and deadly floods, a landmark report…
Continue Reading Key takeaways from the UN report on the climate crisis
By Brandon Miller, CNN Monday’s report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) represents the most…
Continue Reading The world is on the brink of ‘catastrophe,’ leader of next UN climate talks warns
By Amy Woodyatt and Jennifer Hauser, CNN Failure to act now on climate change will result in “catastrophic” consequences for the world,…
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