Scientists discover the world’s largest coral — so big it can be seen from space
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — It’s more than 100 feet long, at least 300 years old and visible from space. The world’s largest coral has…
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Planet-heating pollution to hit all-time high, dashing hopes it would start to drop in 2024
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Global levels of planet-heating pollution from fossil fuels will hit record levels this year, according to new…
Continue Reading‘Mystery mollusk’ found in the ocean’s midnight zone is unlike anything researchers have seen before
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Researchers have discovered an unlikely new species within the ocean’s midnight zone: a glowing “mystery…
Continue ReadingLucy at 50: How the world’s most famous fossil was discovered
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Lucy, a fossilized skeleton unearthed 50 years ago this month, transformed scientists’ understanding of human…
Continue ReadingWhy thousands are gathering around a rancid ‘dead whale’ by the world’s biggest lake
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — An enormous, rancid-smelling, 52-foot sperm whale has lain beached on the shoreline of the Caspian Sea, the…
Continue ReadingBiden just finalized a major climate rule. This one could be tricky for Trump to dismantle
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Environmental Protection Agency just finalized one of the Biden administration’s only outstanding climate…
Continue ReadingFour storms churning the West Pacific at the same time mean more bad news for the Philippines
By Helen Regan, Robert Shackelford and Yumi Asada, CNN (CNN) — Four separate storm systems are churning their way through the West Pacific…
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Archaeologists identify centuries-old battle site in Iraq using declassified spy satellite images
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Archaeologists have identified the site of an ancient battle in what is now Iraq by comparing historical accounts with…
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New Uranus research suggests what’s known about the planet could be wrong
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — When the Voyager 2 spacecraft became the first and only mission to fly by Uranus in 1986, it defined the way…
Continue ReadingAlien-like signal from 2023 has been decoded. The next step is to figure out what it means
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — If Earth’s astronomical observatories were to pick up a signal from outer space, it would require an…
Continue ReadingThe Northern Taurid meteor shower could produce fireballs. Here’s how to watch
By Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — If you missed the chance to see fireballs of the Southern Taurids light up the sky last week, don’t worry. The…
Continue ReadingAs Trump’s win tests the world order, diplomats are fretting over what it means for the planet
By Angela Dewan and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — America’s allies and foes alike have spent the past five days speculating about what Donald…
Continue ReadingThe truth behind embracing figures found in ancient Pompeii
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — When Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, it wiped multiple Roman towns off the map — but it also froze them in…
Continue ReadingScans help solve a 3,000-year-old mystery of a high-status Egyptian woman
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Scientists at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History have peered beneath the wrappings of ancient…
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Ancient ‘terror birds’ were giant apex predators. Suspected new species is among the largest ever known
By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Millions of years ago, long-legged, big-beaked, meat-eating “terror birds” stalked the Americas. The…
Continue ReadingNASA astronauts on readjusting to life on Earth: ‘It’s hard to sit’
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Three of the astronauts who were unexpectedly hospitalized after returning from the International Space Station…
Continue ReadingDNA analysis upends long-held assumptions about Pompeii victims’ final moments
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Ancient DNA has revealed surprises about the identities of some people who perished in the ancient Roman town…
Continue ReadingHours after Trump’s election, Biden moved to limit oil drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Hours after former President Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 election, the Biden administration…
Continue ReadingResearchers are learning more about ‘Zosia,’ the 17th century ‘vampire’ buried with a blade over her neck
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — With a sickle across her neck and a padlock on her left big toe, the corpse of a young woman found in northern…
Continue Reading2024 will be the first year on record to smash a warming limit scientists warned about
By Brandon Miller and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — New data confirms 2024 will be the hottest year on record and the first calendar year to exceed…
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