CNN – Offbeat

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — A group of potentially toxic “forever chemicals,” mostly coming from prescribed drugs, may be contaminating…

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — On a Florida launchpad that has been dormant for almost two decades, a new, roughly 320-foot (98-meter) rocket…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Exploring space has opened our eyes to numerous wonders, but these cosmic feats haven’t come without…

By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — An unknown volcano erupted so explosively in 1831 that it cooled Earth’s climate. Now, nearly 200 years…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The new year kicks off with the peak of the Quadrantids, one of the strongest meteor showers of the year,…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — With the arrival of a new year comes plenty of opportunities to witness a bevy of celestial events that will…

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A toothy toadstool. A vegetarian piranha with a distinctive mark. And a pygmy pipehorse floating in the Indian Ocean…

By Amanda Schupak, CNN (CNN) — Late one summer night in 2023, Kei Jokura entered the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts,…

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The first time Laura Muckenhoupt felt a glimmer of hope after the death of her 22-year-old son Miles was the drive…

By Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — A marine heat wave has killed approximately half of Alaska’s common murre population, marking the largest…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — This year, scientists were able to pull back the curtain on mysteries surrounding figures across history,…

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A SpaceX Super Heavy rocket booster as tall as a 20-story building reappeared in the skies over South Texas…

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Mount Tambora changed the world. In 1815, the Indonesian volcano exploded in the most powerful eruption in…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The Parker Solar Probe zoomed by the sun on Tuesday during a record-breaking flyby, coming within 3.8 million…

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of luxury condos, hotels and other buildings in southeast Florida are sinking at a surprising rate,…

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Today, the limestone plateau in the United Kingdom’s Mendip Hills is famed for its natural beauty. But around…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Look up to see the Ursid meteor shower, the final celestial display of the year, on Sunday morning. The…

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Charred to a crisp, the hundreds of brittle ancient scrolls would crumble if one were to attempt to unfurl them, and…

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on a three-word energy policy: “Drill, baby, drill.” But his cabinet…

By Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — Researchers on an expedition in Peru have discovered 27 animal species new to science – among them a…