Rare 300-foot whaleback boat discovered at the bottom of Lake Superior
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN The wreckage of a rare boat — one of the last of its kind to be located — has been identified at the bottom of Lake…
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From Comet Halley, Orionid meteor shower is most visible this week
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN One of nature’s most anticipated light shows is set to climax this week, as space debris and dust trails from the famous…
Continue ReadingJames Webb Space Telescope captures new details of iconic ‘Pillars of Creation’
CNN By Jackie Wattles, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope captured a highly detailed snapshot of the so-called Pillars of Creation, a vista of three…
Continue ReadingJames Webb Space Telescope captures new details of iconic ‘Pillars of Creation’
By Jackie Wattles, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope captured a highly detailed snapshot of the so-called Pillars of Creation, a vista of three…
Continue ReadingThe Black Death is still affecting the human immune system
By Katie Hunt, CNN The Black Death, the world’s most devastating plague outbreak, killed half of medieval Europe’s population in the…
Continue ReadingWorld War II shipwreck still pollutes the North Sea’s ocean floor 80 years later
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A World War II shipwreck is still leaking explosives and other toxic elements into the ocean floor of the North Sea more…
Continue ReadingRecord-breaking bony fish weighing 3 tons found
By Hafsa Khalil, CNN A giant sunfish believed to be the world’s heaviest bony fish has been discovered in the Azores archipelago, Portugal,…
Continue ReadingUganda announces lockdown as Ebola cases rise
By Mitchell McCluskey and Heather Chen, CNN Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has declared an immediate three-week lockdown in two high risk…
Continue ReadingCub cam offers a unique glimpse into the early days of a vulnerable species
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN Nestled in their heated den, the newborn cheetah cubs at Smithsonian’s Conservation Biology Institute spend their days…
Continue ReadingFour prisoners killed, 61 injured in fire at Iran’s notoriously brutal Evin prison, state media reports
CNN By Alaa Elassar, Artemis Moshtaghian and Jennifer Hauser, CNN At least four prisoners were killed and 61 injured after a fire at Evin prison in…
Continue ReadingFour prisoners killed, 61 injured in fire at Iran’s notoriously brutal Evin prison, state media reports
By Alaa Elassar, Artemis Moshtaghian and Jennifer Hauser, CNN At least four prisoners were killed and 61 injured after a fire at Evin prison in…
Continue ReadingAlvin will help scientists unlock ocean mysteries 4 miles deep
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Renowned explorer Robert Ballard has scoured the deep sea for decades in search of its mysteries. Fascinated by Jules…
Continue ReadingA NASA spacecraft will swing by Earth on Sunday
By Zoe Sottile, CNN This Sunday, a spacecraft called Lucy will be in the sky — just without diamonds. NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will skirt…
Continue ReadingKamikaze drones hit Zaporizhzhia as rocket strikes Kyiv, Ukrainian officials say
CNN By Kostan Nechyporenko, Josh Pennington and Heather Chen, CNN Ukrainian officials say Russian attacks have killed 11 civilians in the past day as…
Continue ReadingKamikaze drones hit Zaporizhzhia as rocket strikes Kyiv, Ukrainian officials say
By Kostan Nechyporenko, Josh Pennington and Heather Chen, CNN Ukrainian officials say Russian attacks have killed 11 civilians in the past day as the…
Continue ReadingMan found dead in flooded backyard as Australia braces for more heavy rain
By Angus Watson and Heather Chen, CNN A 71-year-old man was found dead in floodwaters in the backyard of his home in Rochester, Australia, on…
Continue Reading40 killed, dozens trapped by explosion in Turkey coal mine
By Maija Ehlinger, Gul Tuysuz, Heather Chen and Eyad Kourdi, CNN An explosion inside a coal mine in northern Turkey has killed at least 40 people and…
Continue ReadingHumans can dive deeper into the world’s oceans than ever before with Alvin
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Black smoke appears to rise from chimney-like formations of the hottest and deepest known hydrothermal vents on Earth. Over…
Continue ReadingMummified dinosaur’s skin was gnashed by ancient crocs
By Katie Hunt, CNN The skin of a 67-million-year-old dinosaur has revealed bites and gashes from an ancient crocodile, and how its flesh was ripped…
Continue ReadingGlobal wildlife populations have declined by 69% since 1970, WWF report finds
By Hafsa Khalil, CNN The world’s wildlife populations plummeted by an average of 69% between 1970 and 2018, a dangerous decline resulting from…
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