CNN – Offbeat

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — The origins of domestic cats — centuries before they conquered the world’s sofas and internet memes — have long… Continue Reading

By Brad Lendon, Nina Subkhanberdina, CNN (CNN) — A launch pad at Russia’s main space complex was damaged during Thursday’s launch of a… Continue Reading

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Tryptophan, the essential amino acid behind the Thanksgiving myth that eating turkey can make you sleepy, has… Continue Reading

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The surging tide of microplastics is already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up —… Continue Reading

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists say a 3D model of a centuries-old quarry of unfinished stone head statues on Easter Island offers… Continue Reading

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — A female wild wolf living on the central coast of British Columbia was filmed pulling a crab trap out of the… Continue Reading

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — New Zealand has announced plans to eradicate feral cats by 2050, as part of efforts to protect the country’s… Continue Reading

By Amanda Schupak, CNN (CNN) — The clever, adaptable urban raccoon may be evolving a shorter snout — a key physical trait of pets and other… Continue Reading

By Laura Paddison, Andrew Freedman, Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The world struck a new climate deal at the COP30 summit in Brazil Saturday,… Continue Reading

By Ella Nilsen, Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is proposing to open federal waters off the entire coastline of… Continue Reading

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — The universe’s expansion might not be accelerating but slowing down, a new study suggests. If confirmed, the… Continue Reading

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The latest images of an interstellar comet shared by NASA have captured how an array of spacecraft… Continue Reading

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A new study that examines how kissing evolved suggests that ape ancestors and early humans like Neanderthals… Continue Reading

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Upon the open grasslands of what is now Kazakhstan, there once stood a Bronze Age settlement that may have… Continue Reading

By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Scientists say they have for the first time unlocked how a parasitic ant uses chemical warfare to take over… Continue Reading

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — For the first time, astronomers say they have spotted a giant explosion released by a star beyond our… Continue Reading

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have recovered ancient molecules of RNA from a juvenile mammoth named Yuka, who died 40,000 years ago… Continue Reading

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Iceland’s relatively mild climate is shaped by a crucial network of currents that winds its away around the… Continue Reading

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — A scientist in Japan has developed a technique that uses brain scans and artificial intelligence to turn a… Continue Reading