New dog-sized dinosaur species discovered
By Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — Scientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur — one that was dog-sized and roamed what is now the…
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Four astronauts launch to the space station as NASA grapples with strange twist in leak issue
CNN By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A private astronaut mission that just took flight has exposed a new twist in a lingering — and potentially…
Continue ReadingFour astronauts launch to the space station as NASA grapples with strange twist in leak issue
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A private astronaut mission that just took flight has exposed a new twist in a lingering — and potentially…
Continue ReadingStunning amber fossil reveals ‘Last of Us’-type fungus likely lived alongside dinosaurs
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A glob of 99 million-year-old amber has preserved an ancient fly in horror show fashion: with the mushroom-like…
Continue Reading1,000-year-old sword decorated with spiritual symbols found in Dutch river
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A medieval sword has gone on display at a museum in the Netherlands after its chance discovery during a dredging…
Continue ReadingDrone footage reveals orcas using tools in a stunning first
By Marlowe Starling, CNN (CNN) — Behavioral ecologist Michael Weiss was browsing through new drone footage of the orca pods he studies in the…
Continue ReadingHeat waves are getting more dangerous with climate change — and we may still be underestimating them
By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — The intensifying and expansive heat wave affecting around 150 million people in the United States from…
Continue ReadingFirst images from the largest camera ever built reveal millions of galaxies
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The first test images from a groundbreaking observatory named for trailblazing astronomer Vera Rubin have…
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First images from the largest camera ever built reveal millions of galaxies
CNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The first test images from a groundbreaking observatory named for trailblazing astronomer Vera Rubin have…
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Study reveals how much energy AI uses to answer your questions
By Kameryn Griesser, CNN (CNN) — Whether it’s answering work emails or drafting wedding vows, generative artificial intelligence tools have…
Continue ReadingScience recap: This week’s discoveries include new clues from the fossil skull of a mysterious human species
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Tens of thousands of years ago, our species — Homo sapiens — mingled and interbred with other prehistoric…
Continue ReadingAn explosion of sea urchins threatens to push coral reefs in Hawaii ‘past the point of recovery’
By Isabelle Rodney, CNN (CNN) — The turquoise water of Hōnaunau Bay in Hawaii, an area popular with snorkelers and divers, is teeming with…
Continue ReadingStrange signals detected from Antarctic ice seem to defy laws of physics. Scientists are searching for an answer
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Scientists are trying to solve a decade-long mystery by determining the identity of anomalous signals…
Continue ReadingScientists say a tiny brown moth navigates 600 miles using stars — just like humans and birds
By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Each year, a tiny species in Australia makes a grueling 620-mile (1,000-kilometer) nighttime migration, and it’s…
Continue ReadingThese sleek, sustainable homes are breaking the stereotype for prefab construction
By Ella Nilsen, Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent SOUTHERN MAINE (CNN) — Colin Goodson knows more about energy than most people. The…
Continue ReadingScientists reconstruct 10,500-year-old woman’s face using DNA
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Researchers studying the remains of a prehistoric woman who lived around 10,500 years ago in what is now Belgium have…
Continue ReadingHuge Roman frescoes buried in pieces for 1,800 years uncovered
By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists have assembled the “world’s most difficult jigsaw puzzle” to reveal huge frescoes that once…
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Children born now may live in a world where the US can only produce half as much of its key food crops
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Rising global temperatures are set to devastate food crops across the world, with particularly alarming impacts…
Continue ReadingFirst methane-powered sea spiders found crawling on the ocean floor
By Kameryn Griesser, CNN (CNN) — Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating…
Continue ReadingA long-standing puzzle of ‘missing’ ordinary matter in the universe may be solved, astronomers say
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have used mysterious fast radio bursts, or millisecond-long bright flashes of radio waves from…
Continue ReadingScientists looked back in time to find the first signs of human-caused global warming. It’s far earlier than previously thought
By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — The human fingerprint on global warming was likely evident in Earth’s atmosphere far earlier than previously…
Continue Reading14,000-year-old mummified ‘puppies’ weren’t dogs at all, new research shows
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Two well-preserved ice age “puppies” found in Northern Siberia may not be dogs at all, according to new…
Continue ReadingReopening a 688-year-old murder case reveals a tangled web of adultery and extortion in medieval England
By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — The sun was setting on a busy London street on a May evening in 1337 when a group of men approached a priest…
Continue ReadingGlow-in-the-dark axolotls reveal a clue in the mystery of limb regeneration
By Kameryn Griesser, CNN (CNN) — A tiny creature with frilly gills, a polite smile and glowing green skin just gave scientists a major clue to…
Continue Reading‘Dragon prince’ dinosaur discovery is changing how scientists understand T. rex
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have identified a previously unknown 86 million-year-old dinosaur species that fills an early gap…
Continue ReadingTrump EPA proposes repealing major air pollution and emissions limits for power plants
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to scrap two major federal regulations that limit air pollution…
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New images reveal treasures aboard ‘holy grail’ shipwreck
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — New research revealing details of gold coins found aboard a shipwreck off Colombia provides further evidence that the…
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Scientists mapped what happens if a crucial system of ocean currents collapses. The weather impact would be extreme
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The collapse of a crucial network of Atlantic Ocean currents could push parts of the world into a deep freeze,…
Continue Reading6,000-year-old skeletons found in Colombia have unique DNA
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Scientists studying ancient human remains uncovered in Colombia have found that the people they were researching have…
Continue ReadingNew Zealand government sued over ‘inadequate’ plan to reduce emissions
By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Climate lawyers are taking the New Zealand government to court, alleging its plan to reduce planet-heating…
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Accidental find in planetarium show could shift scientists’ understanding of our solar system
By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — An accidental discovery might change how we think about one of the most mysterious structures in our solar…
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Look up to see June’s full strawberry moon, the Milky Way and multiple planets
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — June’s full moon, nicknamed the strawberry moon, will shine brightly on Tuesday night and Wednesday…
Continue Reading‘Never quit the lunar quest’ was this moon mission’s motto. Here’s its tragic tale
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — As scientists search for worlds that may be habitable for life, they’ve discovered a type that is common in…
Continue ReadingAI analysis of ancient handwriting gives new age estimates for Dead Sea Scrolls
By Jacopo Prisco, CNN Many of the Dead Sea Scrolls, some of the most widely known archaeological finds of all time, may be older than once thought,…
Continue ReadingMountains are among the planet’s most beautiful places. They’re also becoming the deadliest
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Jan Beutel was half-watching a live stream of Kleines Nesthorn, a mountain peak in the Swiss Alps, when he…
Continue ReadingOrphaned bear cub cared for by humans dressed up as bears
By Morgan Severson, CNN (CNN) — Gloves, a fur coat and a bear mask. This outfit might sound like avant-garde fashion, but it’s actually the…
Continue ReadingA surprising study found hints of biological activity on a distant planet. Now, scientists say there’s more to the story
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A tiny sign revealed in April seemed like it might change the universe as we know it. Astronomers had…
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The Trump admin ordered a coal power plant to stay on past retirement. Customers in 15 states will foot the bill
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — An aging coal power plant that was supposed to shutter last week will run throughout the summer at the order of…
Continue ReadingMaritime mystery solved after shipwreck discovered off UK coast
By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — A 19th century ship that sank nearly 140 years ago has been found “frozen in time” off Britain’s coast.…
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NASA scientists describe ‘absolute sh*tshow’ at agency as Trump budget seeks to dismantle top US climate lab
By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — NASA scientists are in a state of anxious limbo after the Trump administration proposed a budget that would…
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First evidence of ‘living towers’ made of worms discovered in nature
By Kameryn Griesser, CNN (CNN) — Nature seems to offer an escape from the hustle and bustle of city life, but the world at your feet may tell…
Continue ReadingSpacecraft set for a high-stakes lunar landing attempt this week took months to reach the moon. Here’s why
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Nearly five months ago, a SpaceX rocket launched out of Florida carrying two lunar landers. The Blue Ghost…
Continue ReadingOne of the world’s most notorious pathogens has survived for centuries. Scientists say they now know why
By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — One of the bleakest periods in medieval Europe was the plague pandemic known as the Black Death, which killed…
Continue ReadingPopular theory about our galaxy’s fate might be wrong, astronomers say
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A collision between our Milky Way galaxy and its largest neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy, predicted to occur…
Continue ReadingNearly 40% of the world’s glaciers are already doomed, scientists say
By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The world’s glaciers are in dire health with almost 40% of their total mass already doomed, even if global…
Continue ReadingGold and other precious metals leak from Earth’s core and reach the surface
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — For a long time, there has been a missing puzzle piece in Jerusalem’s history. Though ancient texts offered…
Continue ReadingThe Colorado River Basin has lost as much groundwater as the entire volume of Lake Mead
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Deep below the surface of the ground in one of the driest parts of the country, there is a looming problem: The…
Continue ReadingA reservoir of gold lies hidden in Earth’s core. Scientists say it’s leaking
By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Gold and other precious metals are leaking from Earth’s core into the layers above, eventually making their way…
Continue ReadingNearly 3,000-year-old Mayan complex discovered, featuring pyramids and canals
By Alysha Bibi and Diego Mendoza, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a nearly 3,000-year-old Mayan complex in Guatemala,…
Continue ReadingArchaeologists found a strange red mark on rock. Forensic police helped them unravel who made it
By Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — Researchers in central Spain say they may have uncovered one of the most ancient symbolic objects bearing a human…
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