US & World

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN From lengthy droughts to severe flooding, the intensity of water-related disasters around the world has increased over the…

By Katie Hunt, CNN The battle against the single-use plastic bag may not be won but it’s definitely under way. Restrictions on their use are in…

By Gawon Bae, Yoonjung Seo and Brad Lendon, CNN North Korea launched two missiles from a submarine in the waters of the Sea of Japan Sunday morning…

By Mohammed Tawfeeq and Heather Chen, CNN Iran has arrested more than 100 people “in connection with” the suspected poisoning of hundreds…

By Jackie Wattles, CNN The four astronauts who make up the Crew-5 team aboard the International Space Station returned home from a five-month stay in…

By Katie Hunt, CNN Scientists met this week in London at the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing to discuss advances in the field —…

By Laura Paddison, CNN Scientists have set out a way to suck planet-heating carbon pollution from the air, turn it into sodium bicarbonate and store…

By Jackie Wattles and Kristin Fisher, CNN A newly discovered asteroid roughly the size of an Olympic swimming pool has a “small chance”…

By Mindy Weisberger, CNN Booty-shaking worker bees guide their fellow workers to pollen by a form of communication known as “waggle…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Curiosity rover just sent back a stunning postcard capturing its view of a shimmering sunset on Mars. The NASA rover…

By Laura Paddison, CNN The world’s oceans are polluted by a “plastic smog” made up of an estimated 171 trillion plastic particles…

By Ashley Strickland, CNN A nearby star system is helping astronomers unravel the mystery of how water appeared in our solar system billions of years…

By Katie Hunt, CNN Warmer temperatures in the Arctic are thawing the region’s permafrost — a frozen layer of soil beneath the ground — and…

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Millions of people in India and around the world celebrating Holi this week. The Hindu festival of love, color and spring is one…

By Paula Newton, CNN Amid recent allegations that China attempted to meddle in Canada’s 2019 and 2021 elections, Canadian Prime Minister Justin…

By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Progress toward gender equality is “vanishing before our eyes,” United Nations Secretary General António…

By Kristen Rogers and Ashley Strickland, CNN The final full moon of winter will light up the sky this week, and it coincides with another special…