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New Zealand Education Minister Chris Hipkins bids to replace Jacinda Ardern as PM

January 20, 2023 2:23 PM CNN Newsource

By Mitchell McCluskey, Caitlin Hu and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Chris Hipkins, New Zealand’s education minister, is bidding to replace Jacinda…

The laser was focused above a 124-meter-high (406.8-foot) transmitter tower belonging to Swisscom

Car-size laser deflects lightning atop a mountain in Switzerland

January 20, 2023 5:46 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Scientists were able to create a virtual lightning rod using a large, powerful laser atop a mountain in Switzerland,…

Elvis Francois receives a medical checkup after being rescued in Cartagena

Man survives on ketchup for weeks lost at sea

January 20, 2023 12:45 AM CNN Newsource

By Heather Chen, Angus Watson, Mitchell McCluskey and Stefano Pozzebon, CNN A man who spent 24 days adrift in the Caribbean Sea says he survived by…

Electric vehicles are close to a tipping point

These 3 solutions could turn the tide on the climate crisis

January 19, 2023 5:02 PM CNN Newsource

By Laura Paddison, CNN Climate change is sending the world hurtling towards a series of catastrophic tipping points, which risk setting off feedback…

Astronomers have released a new survey of the Milky Way that includes 3.3 billion celestial objects.

Billions of celestial objects captured by new survey of the Milky Way

January 19, 2023 2:43 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN A new survey of the Milky Way galaxy has unveiled 3.3 billion celestial objects. Our galaxy is brimming with hundreds of…

Scientists spotted North Atlantic right whale No. 4904 off the coast of North Carolina during an aerial survey on January 8.

A whale belonging to one of the rarest species is ‘likely to die,’ after entanglement, NOAA says

January 18, 2023 6:07 PM CNN Newsource

By Kristen Rogers, CNN The world’s population of North Atlantic right whales has been decimated in recent years by human-caused vessel strikes…

SpaceX launches next-generation GPS satellite

January 18, 2023 12:12 PM CNN Newsource

By Jackie Wattles, CNN SpaceX fired a new GPS satellite into orbit on behalf of the US military on Wednesday, continuing an effort to bolster the…

The titanosaur eggs measured 6 inches to 7 inches in diameter.

Unusual dinosaur fossil discovery made in India

January 18, 2023 12:00 PM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN Paleontologists working in central India have made a rare discovery — a fossilized dinosaur hatchery with 92 nests and 256 eggs…

The short-beaked echidna is native to Australia.

This egg-laying mammal blows bubbles to cool off

January 18, 2023 10:23 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Australia’s echidna has developed a curious way to cool off — blowing bubbles out of its beaklike snout. The…

Temperatures on Greenland haven’t been this warm in at least 1,000 years, scientists report

January 18, 2023 9:01 AM CNN Newsource

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN As humans fiddle with the planet’s thermostat, scientists are piecing together Greenland’s history by drilling ice…

Andrew Tate (left) and his brother Tristan are escorted by police officers outside the headquarters of the Bucharest Court of Appeal

Romanian authorities seize nearly $4 million in assets from Andrew Tate in alleged human trafficking, rape investigation

January 15, 2023 1:58 PM CNN Newsource

By Jorge Engels, Philip Wang and Emma Tucker, CNN Romanian authorities said they have seized nearly $4 million worth of assets belonging to…

At least 68 killed in Nepal’s worst airplane crash in 30 years

January 15, 2023 9:20 AM CNN Newsource

Originally Published: 15 JAN 23 02:40 ET Updated: 15 JAN 23 09:02 ET By Asha Thapa, Kathleen Magramo and Sugam Pokharel, CNN (CNN) — At…

Chester Zoo announces birth of critically endangered Western chimpanzee

January 14, 2023 11:06 PM CNN Newsource

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Extremely rare — and extremely adorable. The Chester Zoo in Cheshire, England, has welcomed the birth of a Western…

Israelis protest against the government's plans to overhaul the country's legal system in Tel Aviv on January 14.

More than 80,000 people turn out for Tel Aviv protest against Netanyahu government

January 14, 2023 4:52 PM CNN Newsource

By Hadas Gold, Michael Schwartz and Amir Tal, CNN Tens of thousands of people protested in Tel Aviv Saturday night against Israeli Prime Minister…

A Qatar Airways Airbus A340 airplane leaves contrails in the sky.

2 Earth-size worlds revealed beyond our solar system

January 14, 2023 9:19 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN There are more than 5,000 known worlds beyond our solar system. Since the 1990s, astronomers have used ground and…

Human-made noise makes it harder for dolphins to work together, study finds

January 14, 2023 8:50 AM CNN Newsource

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A study has found that dolphins are unable to communicate as effectively when exposed to human-generated noises, forcing them to…

The fossil flower of the newly identified plant Symplocos kowalewskii is contained in Baltic amber.

Unusually large fossilized flower preserved in amber identified

January 12, 2023 3:03 PM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN Almost 40 million years ago a flower bloomed in a Baltic conifer forest. Dripping tree resin encased the petals and pollen,…

Climate activists have said the appointment of Al Jaber

UAE appoints oil company boss as president of the COP28 climate conference, alarming climate groups

January 12, 2023 11:25 AM CNN Newsource

By Sana Noor Haq and Teele Rebane, CNN The United Arab Emirates has appointed the head of one of the world’s largest oil producers to preside…

This illustration shows the exoplanet LHS 475 b

James Webb Space Telescope discovers its first exoplanet

January 11, 2023 2:19 PM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope can add another cosmic accomplishment to its list: The space observatory has been used to…

Russian space agency Roscosmos will send a replacement Soyuz spacecraft to return crew to Earth. Pictured is the Soyuz MS-22 crew ship on October 8

Roscosmos will send replacement spacecraft to return crew to Earth after Soyuz leak

January 11, 2023 8:15 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland and Jackie Wattles, CNN Russian space agency Roscosmos will launch an uncrewed spacecraft, Soyuz MS-23, to the International…

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