Science Jun 24 Dawn over Ceres, a mission of humankind In December 2003, the Hubble Telescope spotted something peculiar on the surface of Ceres, a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Hazy images revealed something bright and mysterious shining on the dark planet’s surface, like animal…
Nation Apr 28 Neighbors rally to clean up wreckage from Baltimore riots Clean-up efforts are underway in a city that saw calamity and clashes between residents and police Monday night.
Science Apr 01 This tiny songbird flies Canada to Puerto Rico nonstop Every year, from September to November, millions of tiny songbirds gather along the Northeastern coastline, get fat feasting on insects and take to the skies. And then they fly and they fly and they fly. It’s long been believed…
Science Mar 26 Astronaut Scott Kelly to return to space for one year On Friday, 51-year-old astronaut Scott Kelly, who has flown three previous space missions, will return to the International Space Station, where he will remain for a year. A whole year.
Science Mar 11 How the itsy bitsy spider evolved from a giant prehistoric sea creature It’s hard to believe that a prehistoric sea creature the size of Shaquille O’Neal could teach us anything about a modern dust mite. But a 7-foot-long, 480-million-year-old marine animal called an anomalocaridid is an ancestor to modern arthropods , the…
Science Mar 10 Before CNN tells Miles O’Brien’s story, watch his 3 reports on bionic arms Tonight, CNN’s Sanjay Gupta will host a documentary about our science correspondent, Miles O’Brien, and the days and months that followed the freak accident that took his left arm — and nearly his life.
Science Feb 27 That dress isn’t blue or gold because color doesn’t exist Color scientists already have a word for it: Dressgate. No surprise to those of us whose minds were collectively blown by the dress that’s blue and black to some, and white and gold to others (though frankly kind of ugly…
Science Feb 11 The Internet’s hidden science factory Sarah Marshall has completed roughly 20,000 academic surveys. Clay Hamilton has finished about 40,000. Marshall and Hamilton are part of a small but highly-active community of paid online study participants who generate data at break-neck speed to fuel modern scientific…
Nation Jan 28 You could get the measles, even if you’re vaccinated Contained inside the data of the latest measles outbreak is a surprising — and troubling — number. Among the 51 measles cases linked directly to Disneyland, six of the people had received their measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, according to…
Science Jan 07 How communism turned Cuba into an island of hackers and DIY engineers Just outside Havana, in the childhood bedroom of illustrator Edel Rodriguez, a washing machine engine welded to a boat propeller has become a makeshift fan. This kind of cobbled-together contraption is common in Cuba. So are stoves that run on…