The coldest city in every state
Stacker analyzed National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data to determine the coldest cities in every U.S.…
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Jonathan the tortoise, world’s oldest land animal, celebrates his 190th birthday
By Mia Alberti, Lianne Kolirin and Tara Subramaniam, CNN The South Atlantic island of St. Helena is celebrating the birthday of the world’s…
Continue Reading ‘A remarkable storyteller’: Remembering Gary Strieker, who helped establish CNN’s presence in Africa
By Tricia Escobedo, CNN Gary Strieker had every reason to be a pessimist. People dying of hunger, brutal killings and many other horrific events that…
Continue Reading NASA’s Viking 1 may have landed at the site of an ancient Martian megatsunami
By Ashley Strickland, CNN When NASA’s Viking 1 lander made history as the first spacecraft to touch down on Mars on July 20, 1976, it sent back…
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Amazon record sales over Thanksgiving weekend
The nation’s largest online retailer says this year’s thanksgiving weekend was its biggest ever. Amazon reported a record-breaking holiday shopping…
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The Gift of Water – How You Can Help
EL PASO, Texas– When photographer Brittany Girle was visiting Uganda and witnessed school kids and women dipping an old plastic bottle…
Continue Reading NASA’s historic moon mission enters the final leg of its journey
By Jackie Wattles, CNN The NASA Orion spacecraft, the core of the Artemis I mission, is making a farewell pass by the moon on its historic journey…
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Megan Thee Stallion Makes History on Forbes 30 under 30
Superstar rapper ‘Megan Thee Stallion’ is making history as the first black woman to grace the cover of Forbes 30 under 30. The Houston native earned…
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Student loan debt relief policy setback
The Biden Administration was dealt another setback in court Wednesday in its effort to revive a student loan debt relief policy. A second federal…
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Countries with the highest rates of public-sector corruption
Stacker used the Corruption Perceptions Index from Transparency International to look at the most public-sector corrupt countries in the…
Continue Reading Prince William and Kate make first US trip in eight years as racism controversy simmers back home
By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Max Foster and Carolyn Sung, CNN The new Prince and Princess of Wales touched down in Boston Wednesday ahead of the second…
Continue Reading Rare cosmic event beamed light at Earth from 8.5 billion light-years away
By Ashley Strickland, CNN An incredibly bright flash that appeared in the night sky in February was the result of a star straying too close to a…
Continue Reading VP Harris, French President Macron see Webb telescope’s latest chaotic image
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The beautiful chaos of two merging galaxies shines in the latest image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. Vice…
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Lava is spilling toward a key Hawaiian highway, but the governor says it’s safe to visit the Big Island
(CNN) — The world’s largest active volcano is shooting fountains of lava more than 100 feet high and sending a river of molten rock down…
Continue Reading ‘Mind control’ by parasites influences wolf-pack dynamics in Yellowstone National Park
By Kate Golembiewski, CNN Wolves are pack animals, living in family groups led by a matriarch and her mate. Some wolves stay with their pack their…
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15 things AI can (and can’t) do
Stacker assessed the current state of AI, from predictive models to learning algorithms, and identified the capabilities and limitations of…
Continue Reading Bats use the same techniques as death metal singers to vocalize, study finds
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Death metal fans might just have a new animal mascot. Some bats use the same vocal structures as death metal singers to make…
Continue Reading New era begins with China’s launch of crewed mission to its space station
By Katie Hunt and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Three astronauts lifted off to China’s nearly completed space station on Tuesday, marking the beginning…
Continue Reading Ancient giant sea turtle with never-before-seen features found in Europe, scientists say
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN Long ago, gigantic marine turtles swam the Earth’s seas. Until recently, these prehistoric giants, reaching lengths of…
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US metro areas with the worst air pollution
Stacker compiled a list of the metro areas with the worst pollution in the U.S. using the 2022 American Lung Association State of the Air…
Continue Reading Great Barrier Reef should be placed on the ‘in danger’ list, UN-backed report shows
By Rachel Ramirez and Tara Subramaniam, CNN The Great Barrier Reef should be added to the list of world heritage sites that are “in…
Continue Reading NASA’s Orion spacecraft reaches record-breaking distance from Earth on Artemis I mission
By Jackie Wattles, CNN The Orion spacecraft, which is at the core of NASA’s historic Artemis I mission, reached its farthest distance from…
Continue Reading Newly identified dinosaur that lived on island of dwarfed creatures had an unusual head
By Katie Hunt, CNN A previously unknown dinosaur with a remarkably flat head lived around 70 million years ago on an island home to dwarfed…
Continue Reading SpaceX launches tomato seeds, other supplies to International Space Station
By Ashley Strickland and Jackie Wattles, CNN SpaceX is carrying a fresh haul of supplies to the International Space Station this weekend after bad…
Continue Reading Indian police arrest suspect in Australia’s Toyah Cordingley murder case
By Vedika Sud, Angus Watson and Heather Chen, CNN Indian police have arrested a man in New Delhi in connection with the murder of an Australian woman…
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US remains unbeaten against England at World Cups after goalless draw in Qatar
Originally Published: 25 NOV 22 15:52 ETUpdated: 25 NOV 22 17:53 ETBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — There were no goals in Friday’s…
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At least 3 people killed and 11 others injured in Brazil school shootings
Originally Published: 25 NOV 22 16:58 ETBy Duarte Mendonca, CNN (CNN) — At least three people were killed and 11 others…
Continue Reading Plane goes off runway at Waterloo Airport in Canada
By Amanda Watts, CNN A Canadian airport “will be closed to commercial traffic the rest of today” after a Flair Airlines plane…
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Adidas to launch investigation into Kanye West
Adidas is launching an investigation into allegations of misconduct against the rapper formerly known as Kanye West. Adidas cut ties with the artist…
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Amazon faces Black Friday strikes
E-commerce giant Amazon is facing protests and strikes across the globe amid the busy sales of black Friday. Thousands of warehouse workers upset…
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