Here’s how many times you need to reuse your reusable grocery bags
By Katie Hunt, CNN The battle against the single-use plastic bag may not be won but it’s definitely under way. Restrictions on their use are in…
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Medieval ship found in Norway’s biggest lake
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN Resting at the bottom of Mjøsa, the largest lake in Norway, a shipwreck from hundreds of years ago is in almost perfect…
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CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Jackie Wattles, CNN The Artemis I mission — a 25½-day uncrewed test flight around the moon meant to pave the way for future…
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN The Artemis I mission — a 25½-day uncrewed test flight around the moon meant to pave the way for future astronaut missions…
Continue ReadingHistoric moon mission concludes with splashdown of Orion capsule
By Jackie Wattles, CNN The Artemis I mission — a 25½-day uncrewed test flight around the moon meant to pave the way for future astronaut missions…
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CNN By Jackie Wattles, CNN The Artemis I mission — a 25½-day uncrewed test flight around the moon meant to pave the way for future astronaut…
Continue ReadingA lost ecosystem revealed in Greenland by oldest environmental DNA
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The past is an ever-changing story, and this week, myriad discoveries added new details. Fossils, jewels and even DNA…
Continue ReadingAbalone and Dugongs threatened with extinction, warns IUCN Red List
Story by Reuters The effects of human activity from climate change to pollution are “devastating” marine life, with nearly a tenth of…
Continue ReadingSwear words in different languages have one thing in common
By Scottie Andrew, CNN What’s in a swear? The world’s filthiest words typically refer to something vulgar or taboo, for one. But…
Continue ReadingFull crew for SpaceX’s privately funded moon mission announced
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Japanese fashion mogul Yusaku Maezawa has picked eight passengers that he said will join him on a trip around the moon,…
Continue ReadingA year only lasts 17.5 hours on the ‘hell planet’
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The exoplanet 55 Cancri e goes by several names, but the rocky world located 40 light-years from Earth is most known for…
Continue ReadingRare cosmic collision acted like one of the ‘factories of gold’ in the universe
By Ashley Strickland, CNN An unusual bright blast of light detected by multiple telescopes in December 2021 was the result of a rare cosmic explosion…
Continue ReadingNASA Ingenuity helicopter just broke one of its own records on Mars
By Ashley Strickland, CNN More than a year and a half after its first flight on Mars, the Ingenuity helicopter has set a new record. The little…
Continue ReadingOldest DNA sheds light on a 2 million-year-old ecosystem that has no modern parallel
By Katie Hunt, CNN A core of ice age sediment from northern Greenland has yielded the world’s oldest sequences of DNA. The 2 million-year-old…
Continue ReadingFull ‘cold moon’ shines bright and eclipses Mars in a rare event
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN December’s full moon, also known as the “cold moon,” will shine bright in the night sky this Wednesday,…
Continue ReadingRare ice age fossils discovered on the drought-stricken Mississippi River
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN Recently exposed sandbars along the drought-stricken Mississippi River have caught the attention of fossil hunters, leading to…
Continue Reading‘Goblin mode’ chosen as Oxford word of the year for 2022
CNN By Christian Edwards, CNN As you read this, look around. Are you still in bed? Are there piles of clothes and takeout food boxes strewn across…
Continue ReadingDinosaur larger than T. rex couldn’t swim well despite large fish being on the menu
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The largest predatory dinosaur to ever walk on Earth sported a massive sail that rose from its back, but it turns out this…
Continue ReadingNASA’s historic Artemis I mission is coming to a close
By Jackie Wattles, CNN The historic Artemis I mission, which is sending an uncrewed spacecraft on an unprecedented trip around the moon, is now in…
Continue Reading‘Goblin mode’ chosen as Oxford word of the year for 2022
By Christian Edwards, CNN As you read this, look around. Are you still in bed? Are there piles of clothes and takeout food boxes strewn across the…
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