Extinct headbutting relative reveals how the giraffe grew a long neck
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A strange early relative of the giraffe was perfectly adapted for some serious headbutting 17 million years ago, according…
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NASA awards 2 companies the chance to build lunar spacesuits
By Ashley Strickland, CNN New spacesuits made by Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace could be worn by astronauts that land on the moon later this…
Continue ReadingWorld’s largest plant discovered in Australia
By Katie Hunt, CNN The world’s largest living plant has been identified in the shallow waters off the coast of Western Australia, according to…
Continue ReadingMonkeypox is not Covid. Here’s why
By Rob Picheta and Hafsa Khalil, CNN At first glance, the news all seems a bit too familiar. A new virus outbreak is detected. It starts spreading…
Continue ReadingMonkeypox is not Covid. Here’s why
CNN By Rob Picheta and Hafsa Khalil, CNN At first glance, the news all seems a bit too familiar. A new virus outbreak is detected. It starts…
Continue ReadingGreat whites may have doomed the biggest shark that ever lived, fossil teeth reveal
By Katie Hunt, CNN Megalodon, the giant shark that lived more than 23 million years ago and was inspiration for the movie “The Meg,” was…
Continue ReadingTelescopes reveal why Neptune is more blue than Uranus
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Neptune and Uranus are so similar that scientists sometimes refer to the distant, icy planets as planetary twins. But these…
Continue ReadingHubble spies the heart of a grand design spiral galaxy
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Hubble Space Telescope has looked straight into the heart of a stunning galaxy. The observatory captured this head-on…
Continue ReadingTau Herculids meteor shower puts on a ‘decent’ display
By Katie Hunt, CNN Some lucky night sky watchers caught a glimpse of a brand new meteor shower on Monday night, as Earth passed through the debris…
Continue ReadingA brand new meteor shower could dazzle the night sky Monday
By Katie Hunt, CNN Earth is expected to pass through the debris trail of a broken comet on Monday night and early Tuesday morning. It could result in…
Continue ReadingMega Artemis moon rocket will roll out to the launchpad June 6
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Artemis I mega moon rocket is getting ready for its latest attempt at a final prelaunch test, according to an update…
Continue ReadingThis world-class athlete talks like Aristotle and acts like Confucius. We can all learn from him
By John Blake, CNN Sports, it’s been said, reveals character. It also reveals something else: philosophy. There’s no better example of…
Continue ReadingAncient volcanoes may have created a rare resource for lunar explorers
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Ancient volcanic eruptions on the moon could provide an unexpected resource for future lunar explorers: water. Between 2…
Continue ReadingToronto Police shot and killed a man who was carrying a firearm near three schools, police say
By Paula Newton, CNN Toronto Police fatally shot a man who was seen carrying a firearm near three schools in the Scarborough area Thursday, police…
Continue ReadingOver 100 previously unknown Iron Age settlements found north of Hadrian’s Wall
By Ashley Strickland, CNN More than 100 previously unknown Iron Age settlements have been found during a survey of the region north of…
Continue ReadingWhen mothers suffer, babies suffer. It’s time the world realized this, say maternal mental health experts
By Meera Senthilingam, CNN Postpartum depression (PPD) is estimated to affect more than one in ten women who have a baby and is just one of many mood…
Continue ReadingWhen mothers suffer, babies suffer. It’s time the world realized this, say maternal mental health experts
CNN By Meera Senthilingam, CNN Postpartum depression (PPD) is estimated to affect more than one in ten women who have a baby and is just one of many…
Continue ReadingNorthwestern engineers invent the world’s smallest remote-controlled walking robots
By Megan Marples, CNN For these tiny robotic crabs, being small is a virtue. Engineers at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, invented the…
Continue ReadingInSight lander’s final selfie on Mars shows why its mission is ending
By Ashley Strickland, CNN This is the last time we’ll ever see a selfie from NASA’s InSight lander on Mars. And judging by the amount of…
Continue ReadingA long-standing and fundamental question about dinosaurs may finally have an answer
By Katie Hunt, CNN Fearsome predators like T. rex and towering, telescope-necked dinosaurs, such as Brachiosaurus, were warm-blooded creatures in the…
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