Today: September 19, 2024
Today: September 19, 2024

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Hear options NASA could consider to bring Starliner astronauts home

NASA and Boeing officials say they still aren’t ready to provide a return date for the two veteran NASA astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. CNN space and defense correspondent Kristen Fisher reports.

Hear options NASA could consider to bring Starliner astronauts home
Science|Technology

Boeing, NASA may have found ‘root cause’ of Starliner spacecraft’s issues, but astronauts are still in limbo

Boeing, NASA may have found ‘root cause’ of Starliner spacecraft’s issues, but astronauts are still in limbo

Boeing, NASA may have found ‘root cause’ of Starliner spacecraft’s issues, but astronauts are still in limbo
Science|Technology

NASA says no return date yet for astronauts and troubled Boeing capsule at space station

Officials say two NASA astronauts will remain at the International Space Station until engineers finish working on problems plaguing their Boeing capsule

NASA says no return date yet for astronauts and troubled Boeing capsule at space station
Health|Science

Hens blush when excited or scared, study finds

Hens blush when excited or scared, study finds

Hens blush when excited or scared, study finds
Environment|Science

UN asks nations to better prepare, cool the vulnerable as 'extreme heat epidemic' breaks records

The United Nations is calling for a flurry of efforts to reduce the human toll from soaring and searing temperatures in what it calls an extreme heat epidemic

UN asks nations to better prepare, cool the vulnerable as 'extreme heat epidemic' breaks records
Environment|Health|Science

How does extreme heat affect medicines and those taking them?

The world just experienced the hottest day on record and prolonged heat waves have

How does extreme heat affect medicines and those taking them?
Australia|Health|Science

Australian judge dismisses lawsuit claiming Bayer weedkiller causes blood cancer

An Australian judge on Thursday dismissed a class action lawsuit claiming Bayer's Roundup weedkiller can cause a type of blood cancer, a ruling

Australian judge dismisses lawsuit claiming Bayer weedkiller causes blood cancer
Environment|Food|Science

Sea urchins fed waste cabbage to spare Japan's seaweed forests

In Japan, researchers are feeding vegetables to hungry sea urchins - a popular sushi ingredient - to try and stop them from eating

Sea urchins fed waste cabbage to spare Japan's seaweed forests
Asia|Environment|Science|Technology

See powerful typhoon 'bounce' off island like pinball

CNN Meteorologist Derek Van Dem analyzes satellite imagery of Typhoon Gaemi that shows Taiwan’s natural landscape acting as a barrier to reroute the storm.

See powerful typhoon 'bounce' off island like pinball
Americas|Environment|Health|Science

Sharks off Rio de Janeiro test positive for cocaine

Sharks off the coast of Brazil's party city Rio de Janeiro have tested positive for cocaine.

Sharks off Rio de Janeiro test positive for cocaine
Asia|Science|Technology

China's secretive spaceplane likely testing 'dual use' technology, experts say

China's shadowy, uncrewed reusable spacecraft, which launches atop a rocket booster and lands at a secretive military airfield, is most likely testing technology

China's secretive spaceplane likely testing 'dual use' technology, experts say
Australia|Environment|Science

Australia platypus conservation centre, world's largest, welcomes first residents

The world's largest platypus conservation centre has welcomed its first residents as part of a project to protect the semi-aquatic mammal found

Australia platypus conservation centre, world's largest, welcomes first residents
Environment|Science

Los Angeles Zoo sets record with 17 California condor chicks hatched in 2024

A record 17 California condor chicks have hatched during this year’s breeding season for the endangered birds at the Los Angeles Zoo

Los Angeles Zoo sets record with 17 California condor chicks hatched in 2024
Environment|News|Science

Deforestation in Indonesia spiked last year, but resources analyst sees better overall trend

A data analysis shows Indonesia had a 27% increase in primary forest loss in 2023

Deforestation in Indonesia spiked last year, but resources analyst sees better overall trend
News|Science|Technology

Chinese scientist who first published COVID sequence stages protest after being locked out of lab

The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China staged a sit-in protest outside his lab after authorities locked him out of the facility

Chinese scientist who first published COVID sequence stages protest after being locked out of lab
News|Political|Science|Technology|World

Portuguese-flagged ship is hit far in Arabian Sea, raising concerns over Houthi rebel capabilities

A Portuguese-flagged container ship has come under attack by a drone in the far reaches of the Arabian Sea

Portuguese-flagged ship is hit far in Arabian Sea, raising concerns over Houthi rebel capabilities
Economy|Environment|News|Political|Science

G7 nations commit to phasing out coal by 2035 but give Japan some flexibility

Energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations have committed to phase out coal power by 2035

G7 nations commit to phasing out coal by 2035 but give Japan some flexibility
Environment|Science

Surprise Yellowstone geyser eruption highlights little known hazard at popular park

A surprise eruption of steam in a Yellowstone National Park geyser basin that sent people scrambling for safety as basketball-sized rocks flew overhead has highlighted a little-known hazard that scientists hope to be able to predict someday

Surprise Yellowstone geyser eruption highlights little known hazard at popular park
Science

NASA telescope spots a super Jupiter that takes more than a century to go around its star

Astronomers have directly observed a super Jupiter around a nearby star

NASA telescope spots a super Jupiter that takes more than a century to go around its star
Environment|Science

Komodo dragons have iron-tipped teeth, new study shows

Komodo dragons have iron-tipped teeth, new study shows

Komodo dragons have iron-tipped teeth, new study shows
Health|Science

Twice-yearly shot proves successful at preventing HIV infection among women, trial data shows

Twice-yearly shot proves successful at preventing HIV infection among women, trial data shows

Twice-yearly shot proves successful at preventing HIV infection among women, trial data shows
Food|Science

Cheesemaking is a complex science – a food chemist explains the process from milk to mozzarella

Cheesemaking is an ancient practice, and modern methods and chemistry have made it a science.

Cheesemaking is a complex science – a food chemist explains the process from milk to mozzarella
Health|Science

What do genes have to do with psychology? They likely influence your behavior more than you realize

Human psychology is influenced by a complex network of genes and environmental factors. Studying how and when genes fail to cooperate could broaden our understanding of behavior.

What do genes have to do with psychology? They likely influence your behavior more than you realize
Health|Science

Biogen and Sage to scrap neurological disorder drug development after trial failure

Biogen and Sage Therapeutics do not plan to conduct further studies for their neurological disorder drug after it failed in a mid-stage trial, the drugmakers said on Wednesday.

Biogen and Sage to scrap neurological disorder drug development after trial failure
Health|Science

Are cold showers good for you? What the science says

Are cold showers good for you? What the science says

Are cold showers good for you? What the science says

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