Ayman al-Zawahiri Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. Personal Birth date: June 19, 1951 Death date: July 31,…
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Climate crisis costs up over 800% as UN donor nations fail to keep pace, report says
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The amount of money needed to aid communities in the face of extreme weather-related emergencies has increased by more than…
Continue ReadingNew NASA spacecraft could survive a hellish descent on Venus
By Ashley Strickland, CNN NASA will launch a mission that will both fly by Venus and descend through its harsh atmosphere in 2029. Called DAVINCI,…
Continue ReadingMars Ingenuity helicopter is on borrowed time as it endures winter
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Just a couple of weeks after the Ingenuity helicopter celebrated a year of flying on Mars, things got quiet. For the first…
Continue ReadingClimate crisis costs up over 800% as UN donor nations fail to keep pace, report says
CNN By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The amount of money needed to aid communities in the face of extreme weather-related emergencies has increased by more…
Continue ReadingHistorical emissions caused the climate crisis. But it’s what we do today that will make or break it, study shows
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Humans’ historical greenhouse gas emissions have caused the climate crisis the world is in today. But it’s the…
Continue ReadingInside New Zealand’s rehab center for sassy, endangered penguins
By Ashley Strickland, CNN “The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.” This Sherlock Holmes quote from…
Continue ReadingNew Zealand celebrates Māori New Year as an official public holiday for the first time
CNN By Tara Subramaniam, CNN For the first time, New Zealanders are enjoying an official public holiday this June 24 to celebrate Matariki —…
Continue ReadingAstronauts face mental and emotional challenges for deep space travel. Scientists are working on solutions
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Astronauts have been venturing into space for 61 years to unlock the human potential for exploration. But the floating…
Continue ReadingFour killed, 15 severely injured after train derails in southern Germany
By Nadine Schmidt, CNN At least four people were killed and 15 severely injured when a train derailed in southern Germany on Friday, according to…
Continue ReadingMore than 40% of Earth’s land surface must be conserved to stop the biodiversity crisis, report warns
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Almost half of the Earth’s land surface must be protected to stop the biodiversity crisis, according to a new report…
Continue ReadingA rare, 5-planet alignment will take over the sky this month
By Megan Marples and Ashley Strickland, CNN Don’t forget to look up this weekend to see the start of a rare, five-planet alignment grace the…
Continue ReadingExtinct headbutting relative reveals how the giraffe grew a long neck
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A strange early relative of the giraffe was perfectly adapted for some serious headbutting 17 million years ago, according…
Continue ReadingNASA awards 2 companies the chance to build lunar spacesuits
By Ashley Strickland, CNN New spacesuits made by Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace could be worn by astronauts that land on the moon later this…
Continue ReadingWorld’s largest plant discovered in Australia
By Katie Hunt, CNN The world’s largest living plant has been identified in the shallow waters off the coast of Western Australia, according to…
Continue ReadingMonkeypox is not Covid. Here’s why
CNN By Rob Picheta and Hafsa Khalil, CNN At first glance, the news all seems a bit too familiar. A new virus outbreak is detected. It starts…
Continue ReadingMonkeypox is not Covid. Here’s why
By Rob Picheta and Hafsa Khalil, CNN At first glance, the news all seems a bit too familiar. A new virus outbreak is detected. It starts spreading…
Continue ReadingGreat whites may have doomed the biggest shark that ever lived, fossil teeth reveal
By Katie Hunt, CNN Megalodon, the giant shark that lived more than 23 million years ago and was inspiration for the movie “The Meg,” was…
Continue ReadingTelescopes reveal why Neptune is more blue than Uranus
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Neptune and Uranus are so similar that scientists sometimes refer to the distant, icy planets as planetary twins. But these…
Continue ReadingHubble spies the heart of a grand design spiral galaxy
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Hubble Space Telescope has looked straight into the heart of a stunning galaxy. The observatory captured this head-on…
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