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European Space Agency announces first ‘parastronaut’

November 23, 2022 7:49 PM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN For the first time in 13 years, the European Space Agency has announced a new class of trainee astronauts, including the…

Canada loses to Belgium in first World Cup match for 36 years

November 23, 2022 2:58 PM Kerry Mannix

Originally Published: 23 NOV 22 15:56 ETUpdated: 23 NOV 22 16:34 ETBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Canada was taught a tough…

World’s heaviest flying bird uses plants to self-medicate, scientists say

November 23, 2022 1:38 AM CNN Newsource

By Hafsa Khalil, CNN Taking drugs if you’re feeling under the weather is old news for humans, but new research shows that the world’s…

Neanderthals cooked meals with pulses 70,000 years ago

November 22, 2022 5:46 PM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN Stone Age cooks were surprisingly sophisticated, combining an array of ingredients and using different techniques to prepare and…

Dwarf tomato seeds to launch to space station aboard SpaceX resupply flight

November 22, 2022 2:07 PM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN SpaceX’s 26th commercial resupply is set to launch this weekend, and it’ll carry a bounty of supplies, a pair…

NASA’s Orion spacecraft makes its closest approach to the moon as part of Artemis mission

November 21, 2022 7:01 AM CNN Newsource

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business NASA’s Orion capsule passed about 80 miles (130 kilometers) above the lunar surface early Monday, a monumental…

A new children’s book about glaciers aims to make activism second nature

November 21, 2022 2:32 AM CNN Newsource

By Terry Ward, CNN Today’s kids have the power and skills to change the world. But when it comes to topics like the climate crisis, reaching…

COP27 summit agrees to help climate victims. But it does nothing to stop fossil fuels

November 20, 2022 10:08 PM CNN Newsource

By Ivana Kottasová, Ella Nilsen and Rachel Ramirez, CNN The world has failed to reach an agreement to phase out fossil fuels after marathon UN…

This bird hadn’t been documented by scientists since 1882. Then they captured video of it in Papua New Guinea

November 19, 2022 12:48 PM CNN Newsource

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A bird thought to be extinct for 140 years has been rediscovered in the forests of Papua New Guinea. The black-naped…

Historic Artemis I mission is just beginning its lunar journey

November 19, 2022 9:37 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The third time’s the charm and now, NASA’s mega rocket has made history. The Artemis I mission launched on its…

NASA still won’t rename the James Webb Space Telescope, citing new investigation into namesake’s career

November 18, 2022 5:57 PM CNN Newsource

By Scottie Andrew, CNN Despite numerous calls from astronomers to rename its powerful new telescope, NASA officials stood by the naming of the James…

Poland’s president says missile that killed two likely fired by Ukraine in defense against Russian attack

November 16, 2022 7:27 AM Sam Harasimowicz, CNN, CNN Newsource

Originally Published: 16 NOV 22 03:25 ET Updated: 16 NOV 22 08:35 ET By Phil Mattingly, Kevin Liptak, Alex Stambaugh, Rhea Mogul, Radina Gigova,…

Why NASA is returning to the moon 50 years later with Artemis I

August 22, 2022 5:09 PM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN It’s time to go back to the moon. Almost 50 years after the last Apollo mission ventured to the lunar surface, NASA…

Russian missiles hit Kyiv after Zelensky outlines conditions for peace at G20 summit

November 15, 2022 7:34 AM CNN Newsource

By Julia Kesaieva, Vasco Cotovio, Tim Lister and Sana Noor Haq, CNN Russian missile strikes hit residential buildings in Kyiv on Tuesday, officials…

Scientists have used mushrooms to make biodegradable computer chips

November 15, 2022 6:27 AM CNN Newsource

By Hafsa Khalil, CNN Foraging for fungi may not only mean mushrooms are on the menu. New research has shown that mushroom skins could provide a…

First-time NASA spacewalkers venture outside the space station

November 15, 2022 4:34 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Things are about to get busy on the International Space Station as the first in a series of end-of-the-year spacewalks…

As rich nations haggle over climate solutions, storm-ravaged Caribbean is taking matters into its own hands

November 14, 2022 10:07 PM CNN Newsource

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN When Hurricane Fiona slammed into Puerto Rico in September, it triggered a nearly island-wide blackout as the storm’s…

Clues at ancient lake site reveal earliest known cooked meal

November 14, 2022 12:06 PM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN Scientists have found the earliest known evidence of cooking at an archaeological site in Israel. The shift from eating raw to…

These climate activists protested during Biden’s speech and got kicked out of the COP27 summit

November 14, 2022 11:51 AM CNN Newsource

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Four American climate activists have been kicked out of the COP27 UN climate talks in Egypt after protesting during US…

Turkey says Istanbul bomb suspect is Syrian national with ties to Kurdish groups

November 14, 2022 6:12 AM CNN Newsource

By Isil Sariyuce, Sophie Tanno, Holly Yan and Sana Noor Haq, CNN The woman detained under suspicion of carrying out the deadly bomb blast in Istanbul…

Some see dead space on the side of the road. These groups see a potential haven for wildlife

November 14, 2022 5:44 AM CNN Newsource

By Lauren Kent, CNN; Photographs by Toby Hancock, CNN This roundabout would have been easily overlooked just a few months ago — wedged between…

Over 50 species previously thought to be mute make sounds, according to a new study

November 13, 2022 9:55 AM CNN Newsource

By Zoe Sottile, CNN If you listen closely, your pet turtle might just have something to say to you. A new study published in Nature Communications…

The biggest wild card in the climate crisis

November 12, 2022 9:01 AM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN Negative emissions. Carbon capture. Net zero. It can be daunting, and a little exhausting, keeping up with the terminology from…

The biggest wild card in the climate crisis

November 12, 2022 9:01 AM CNN

A team of researchers in Australia observed octopuses deliberately throwing debris over 100 times in 2015 and…

Belching lakes, mystery craters, ‘zombie fires’: How the climate crisis is transforming the Arctic permafrost

November 12, 2022 5:06 AM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN Four years ago, Morris J. Alexie had to move out of the house his father built in Alaska in 1969 because it was sinking into the…

Holocaust survivor left on a bench as a baby finds new family at 80

November 12, 2022 2:09 AM CNN Newsource

By Lianne Kolirin and Ivana Kottasová, CNN When Alice Grusová was a baby, her parents left her on a train station bench, with no idea of what would…

Tigray War Fast Facts

November 11, 2022 10:59 AM CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the armed conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s federal…

Space Shuttle Challenger remnants discovered underwater by documentary crew

November 11, 2022 8:53 AM CNN

Explorers trudged the Atlantic Ocean searching for World War II artifacts lost at sea, but they stumbled on something else — a 20-foot-long piece…

Tsunami warning downgraded after large earthquake near Tonga

November 11, 2022 5:45 AM CNN Newsource

By Radina Gigova, CNN A large earthquake hit Tonga on Friday, triggering a tsunami warning and an immediate evacuation order from the government of…

Northern Taurid fireballs can be seen all November long

November 11, 2022 5:29 AM CNN Newsource

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN The Taurid “swarm” is still going strong this month, with bright meteors known as fireballs visible across the…

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