Scientists reveal new details about ‘screaming’ Egyptian mummy’s life and death
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — With her mouth wide open, locked for eternity in what appears to be a scream, an ancient Egyptian woman captured the…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — With her mouth wide open, locked for eternity in what appears to be a scream, an ancient Egyptian woman captured the…
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Other than being a symbol for love and romance, roses are commonly known for their sharp spikes — prickles…
Continue ReadingBy Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — A layer of diamonds up to 18 kilometers (11 miles) thick could be tucked below the surface of Mercury, the solar…
Continue ReadingBy Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent (CNN) — On some parts of an overheating Earth, the old complaint that “it’s not the heat,…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — The 2010 discovery that early humans and Neanderthals once interbred was a scientific bombshell — the revelation…
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — An ancient buglike sea creature with a fan-shaped tail and a carapace that wrapped around its body swam upside…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The northern lights could grace skies farther south than usual this week because of a solar…
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Look up at the night sky this week for a chance to see high-speed meteors and bright fireballs from two meteor…
Continue ReadingBy Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Four years ago, the unexpected discovery in the clouds of Venus of a gas that on Earth signifies life —…
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, Jen Christensen, Mary Gilbert, Henry Zeris, Yukari Schrickel, Lou Robinson and Way Mullery (CNN) — Philip Kreycik should…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Experimentation is the basis of the scientific process — and it’s at the heart of what it means to be…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — While Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe is best known for his celestial discoveries made in the 16th century —…
Continue ReadingBy Rebecca Cairns, CNN (CNN) — As Global Tiger Day rolls around, there’s good news for the big cats in Thailand. The tiger population in the…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The NASA Perseverance rover may have found a pivotal clue that’s central to its mission on Mars: geological…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket — the most prolific launch vehicle in the world — is ready to return to flight…
Continue ReadingCNN By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — After weeks of troubleshooting and recent tests meant to replicate the issues plaguing Boeing’s Starliner…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — After weeks of troubleshooting and recent tests meant to replicate the issues plaguing Boeing’s Starliner…
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Blushing was once thought to be the “most peculiar and most human of all expressions,” as Charles Darwin put…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A glowing supernova remnant, a nebula shaped like a cat’s paw and the iconic “Pillars of Creation” are…
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan is bullish on his agency’s prospects against the…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — Komodo dragons, the world’s largest species of lizard, have iron-tipped teeth that help them to rip their…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Rare footage captured by a camera strapped to the back of an endangered shark shows the jarring moment it was…
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — As Vice President Kamala Harris marches toward the Democratic nomination, climate advocates like what they see.…
Continue ReadingBy Angela Fritz, CNN (CNN) — Sunday was the hottest day in recorded history, according to preliminary data from a climate tracking agency…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Sharks living off the coast of Brazil have tested positive for cocaine, according to new research, the first time that…
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — The Greek Islands, known for their idyllic towns, rugged landscapes and sun-baked beaches, are…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A mysterious phenomenon first observed in 2013 aboard a vessel in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean appeared so…
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The massive offshore wind turbine blade that broke and spread fiberglass and foam debris across Nantucket beaches…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — As the full moon shines in the night sky this weekend, take a moment to revel in its beauty and search for a…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The Curiosity rover has made its most unusual find to date on Mars: rocks made of pure sulfur. And it all…
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — July’s full moon will shine bright in the sky this weekend — and lands near the anniversary of a special…
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf and Mark Morales, CNN New York (CNN) — J. Michael Cline, the founder of movie ticket company Fandango, fell to his death from…
Continue ReadingCNN By Kyle Feldscher, Jeff Zeleny and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN Washington (CNN) — As President Joe Biden isolates at his Delaware beach home…
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Debris from a broken offshore wind turbine has for days been washing up on the Nantucket shore, prompting beach…
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Braithwaite and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Five activists of the Just Stop Oil environmental campaign have been handed prison…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Hopes have been raised for the future of a critically endangered species of crocodile after 60 eggs hatched in the…
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — A Stegosaurus skeleton has become the most valuable fossil ever sold at auction, being snapped up for $44.6…
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — A meteor bright enough to be spotted in broad daylight streaked across the sky on Tuesday morning, catching the…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have detected an exoplanet with a highly oblong orbit that experiences wild temperature swings…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — More than 20,000 years ago in what’s now Argentina, some of the earliest people in the Americas encountered and…
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The federal judge who approved the controversial Willow oil project last year tossed a separate Alaska offshore…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A new live-streaming webcam allows viewers to see inside a so-called “mega-den” – home to hundreds of…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists working in southern Italy have identified a Roman fortification built to contain the slave revolt…
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have long theorized the existence of lunar caves — underground passageways formed through volcanic…
Continue ReadingBy Amy Gunia, CNN (CNN) — As a child in Ivory Coast, West Africa, Tidiane Ouattara would gather with friends in his village to stargaze. The…
Continue ReadingCNN By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Canadian rapper Drake shared a video of him wading through what appears to be his waterlogged Toronto mansion…
Continue ReadingBy Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Canadian rapper Drake shared a video of him wading through what appears to be his waterlogged Toronto mansion…
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — How long does it take to reach Venus? For Missy Elliott’s “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly),” it took nearly 14…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — When a cruise liner-size asteroid comes within 19,883 miles (32,000 kilometers) of Earth on April 13, 2029,…
Continue ReadingBy Isaac Yee, CNN (CNN) — It’s a creature of the deep so rare that there’s never been a recorded live sighting, and since the 1800s only…
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