Pompeii archaeologists find bodies of man and woman – and their treasure
By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — The skeletal remains of a man and a woman have been unearthed in Pompeii, along with a cache of coins…
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Meet ‘Eve’ the DNA-collecting robot fish
By Amy Gunia and Alkira Reinfrank, CNN (CNN) — Some 400 kilometers (250 miles) from the nearest sea, engineering students at Switzerland’s…
Continue ReadingMeet ‘Eve’ the DNA-collecting robot fish
CNN By Amy Gunia and Alkira Reinfrank, CNN (CNN) — Some 400 kilometers (250 miles) from the nearest sea, engineering students at…
Continue ReadingMeteors will stream across the sky in one of the year’s most anticipated celestial shows
By Riane Lumer, CNN (CNN) — It’s that time of summer to watch the most anticipated meteor shower of the year: the dazzling display known as…
Continue ReadingThese cities will be too hot for the Olympics by 2050
By Lou Robinson and Angela Dewan, CNN (CNN) — The Paris Olympics opened with rain on its parade, then blistering heat and, finally, a week of…
Continue ReadingBy land, sea and sky, Māori are using Indigenous knowledge to combat climate change
By Alaa Elassar, CNN South Island, New Zealand (CNN) — Justin Parkin-Rae takes a break from pulling chunks of weeds from around one of the…
Continue ReadingWhere did the ‘hobbit’ humans come from? New fossils shed light
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The human story became a bit more complicated about two decades ago. In 2003, archaeologists excavating…
Continue ReadingNew excavations reveal missing pieces of intriguing artifact at Sutton Hoo
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Excavations and metal-detecting work at the site of a famous ship burial in Suffolk, England, have revealed…
Continue ReadingChinese rocket breaks apart in low-Earth orbit, creating a cloud of space debris, US Space Command says
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — One of China’s Long March 6A rockets has broken apart in low-Earth orbit and created a debris cloud…
Continue ReadingWhat the two Boeing Starliner astronauts will do in space until 2025
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — When astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore left Earth for International Space Station nearly three months…
Continue ReadingRazor-thin solar panels could be ‘ink-jetted’ onto your backpack or phone for cheap clean energy
By Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) — A coating 100 times thinner than a human hair could be “ink-jetted” onto your backpack, cell phone or car roof to…
Continue ReadingAncient pot of gold unearthed in Turkey hints at ‘gravest misfortune,’ researchers say
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — The ongoing excavation of an ancient Greek city in western Turkey has uncovered artifacts and archaeological…
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5 things to know for Aug. 8: Tropical Storm Debby, Space mission, Presidential race, Stock markets, UK riots
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Government officials often send text messages as an effective means of warning the public about…
Continue ReadingBoeing Starliner astronauts have now been in space more than 60 days with no end in sight
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams — two veteran NASA astronauts piloting the first crewed test flight of…
Continue ReadingFlirt or flight? How humans are scaring fish off finding a mate
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Scientists studying squaretail grouper have found that the increasing presence of fishermen in the water is changing…
Continue ReadingNASA delays SpaceX astronaut mission as rumors swirl about Boeing Starliner’s safety
By Jackie Wattles and Kristin Fisher, CNN (CNN) — The launch of SpaceX’s Crew-9 mission, an endeavor planned to ferry four astronauts to the…
Continue ReadingNewly discovered fossils shed light on the origins of curious ‘hobbit’ humans
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A hobbit-size species of ancient human that lived on the Indonesian island of Flores until about 50,000 years ago…
Continue ReadingChina moon samples reveal water molecules in groundbreaking discovery, scientists say
By Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — As Chinese scientists analyzed the soil samples that their lunar probe brought back from the moon, they…
Continue ReadingHow did ancient Egyptians stack those heavy stones of the oldest pyramid? Scientists float new theory
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — For years, Egyptologists have hotly debated how the massive pyramids of ancient Egypt were built more than 4,000…
Continue ReadingThese scientists want to safeguard Earth’s species by cryogenically preserving them on the moon
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A group of scientists has devised a plan to safeguard Earth’s species in a cryogenic biorepository on the moon.…
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