‘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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Thousands of dead seals wash up on Russia’s Caspian shore
CNN By Mariya Knight, CNN Around 2,500 endangered seals have been found dead on Russia’s Caspian coast, state-run news agency RIA Novosti…
Continue ReadingA new species of dinosaur might have dived like a duck to catch its prey
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A new study found evidence at least one species of dinosaur may have been an adept swimmer, diving into the water like a duck to…
Continue ReadingOldest DNA sheds light on a 2 million-year-old ecosystem that has no modern parallel
CNN By Katie Hunt, CNN A core of ice age sediment from northern Greenland has yielded the world’s oldest sequences of DNA. The 2…
Continue ReadingDNA analysis of soil from paw prints could help save Sumatra’s tigers
By Katie Hunt, CNN Dr. Mrinalini Watsa, a researcher at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance in California, scoops up soil from a fresh paw print made by…
Continue ReadingThousands of dead seals wash up on Russia’s Caspian shore
By Mariya Knight, CNN Around 2,500 endangered seals have been found dead on Russia’s Caspian coast, state-run news agency RIA Novosti reported…
Continue ReadingFormer Iran football team player challenges authorities’ ‘silence’ after death of man celebrating World Cup defeat
CNN By Manveena Suri, Jen Deaton and Heather Chen, CNN A former Iran national team football player has criticized authorities for their…
Continue ReadingFormer Iran football team player challenges authorities’ ‘silence’ after death of man celebrating World Cup defeat
By Manveena Suri, Jen Deaton and Heather Chen, CNN A former Iran national team football player has criticized authorities for their…
Continue ReadingExclusive: China operating over 100 police stations across the world with the help of some host nations, report claims
By Nina dos Santos, CNN Beijing has set up more than 100 so-called overseas police stations across the globe to monitor, harass and in some cases…
Continue ReadingWealthy Russian businessman arrested in London on suspicion of multiple offenses, including money laundering
By Tim Lister, Radina Gigova and Nina dos Santos, CNN A wealthy Russian businessman has been arrested as part of a “major operation” on…
Continue ReadingSee photos from the Apollo era like never before
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Selfies weren’t a common practice when humanity first reached the moon. Neil Armstrong was the first man and the…
Continue ReadingAstronauts will give the space station a power boost during Saturday spacewalk
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The International Space Station will receive a power boost during a spacewalk on Saturday, as NASA astronauts Josh Cassada…
Continue ReadingJonathan the tortoise, world’s oldest land animal, celebrates his 190th birthday
By Mia Alberti, Lianne Kolirin and Tara Subramaniam, CNN The South Atlantic island of St. Helena is celebrating the birthday of the world’s…
Continue Reading‘A remarkable storyteller’: Remembering Gary Strieker, who helped establish CNN’s presence in Africa
By Tricia Escobedo, CNN Gary Strieker had every reason to be a pessimist. People dying of hunger, brutal killings and many other horrific events that…
Continue ReadingNASA’s Viking 1 may have landed at the site of an ancient Martian megatsunami
By Ashley Strickland, CNN When NASA’s Viking 1 lander made history as the first spacecraft to touch down on Mars on July 20, 1976, it sent back…
Continue ReadingNASA’s historic moon mission enters the final leg of its journey
By Jackie Wattles, CNN The NASA Orion spacecraft, the core of the Artemis I mission, is making a farewell pass by the moon on its historic journey…
Continue ReadingPrince William and Kate make first US trip in eight years as racism controversy simmers back home
CNN, WHDH By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Max Foster and Carolyn Sung, CNN The new Prince and Princess of Wales touched down in Boston Wednesday ahead of…
Continue ReadingRare cosmic collision acted like one of the ‘factories of gold’ in the universe
CNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN An unusual bright blast of light detected by multiple telescopes in December 2021 was the result of a rare cosmic…
Continue ReadingRare cosmic event beamed light at Earth from 8.5 billion light-years away
By Ashley Strickland, CNN An incredibly bright flash that appeared in the night sky in February was the result of a star straying too close to a…
Continue ReadingPrince William and Kate make first US trip in eight years as racism controversy simmers back home
By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Max Foster and Carolyn Sung, CNN The new Prince and Princess of Wales touched down in Boston Wednesday ahead of the second…
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