CNN – Offbeat

By Maggie Koerth, CNN (CNN) — This year is not a particularly white Christmas. Across the United States, families are gathering to enjoy a… Continue Reading

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Researchers across the globe put on their sleuthing hats this year to provide answers to questions that… Continue Reading

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — In the latest blow to the US offshore wind industry, the Trump administration announced Monday it is suspending… Continue Reading

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Residents of mid-Atlantic states like Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania who have spent years plagued by high… Continue Reading

By Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Iraq, the historic “land between two rivers,” faces a crisis striking at its identity as the Tigris and… Continue Reading

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Michaela Benthaus, a 33-year-old German aerospace and mechatronics engineer at the European Space Agency,… Continue Reading

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The Ursid meteor shower, which marks the final celestial event of the year, will peak between Sunday night… Continue Reading

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Along with its many other innovations, the Roman Empire revolutionized architecture with never-before-seen… Continue Reading

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Only a scattering of light penetrates the deep water, more than 300 feet beneath the ocean surface off the… Continue Reading

By Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — An ancient woman thought to have hailed from sub-Saharan Africa and therefore to have been the first known… Continue Reading

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — An interstellar comet first spotted passing through our solar system in July is beginning its departure… Continue Reading

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A Blue Origin rocket will soon launch carrying an unconventional passenger in a history-making moment made… Continue Reading

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Contrary to popular depictions of bee nests as large, intricate hives that hang from trees, the majority of… Continue Reading

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A monthslong saga featuring tech billionaire Jared Isaacman — President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again… Continue Reading

By Chris Mooney, Yumi Asada (CNN) — Bathtubs and pools mislead us about the ocean: Its surface is anything but flat.Seas pile up in some… Continue Reading