You may need up to three Covid-19 vaccine doses to be considered fully vaccinated.Waning vaccine immunity and rising infections due to the Delta variant has prompted wealthy nations to reconsider the definition of "fully vaccinated" -- which usually means two…
Days after world powers wrapped up a monumental climate summit in Glasgow, another environmental emergency was unfolding -- this time in space.On Monday, Russia fired a missile at one of its own satellites as a test, generating thousands of pieces…
Get your binoculars ready because meteors will paint the sky with their fleeting light Wednesday morning.The Leonid meteor shower will peak in the early morning hours on November 17.This meteor shower is known for having a storm every 33 years,…
It's a moment that has been decades in the making. The launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA's premier observatory of the next decade, is expected to launch on December 25.The telescope has endured years of delays, including a…
In 2020, the global skin whitening market was reportedly valued at $8.6bn. It is projected to grow to $13.7bn by 2025.If we live in a culture where market size is synonymous with societal importance, then why aren't we talking about…
At least 58 inmates died and 12 were injured after violence broke out at one of Ecuador's largest prisons.Dozens of inmates were killed and injured in clashes early Saturday in Litoral Penitentiary, the same prison in the Guayas Province where…
Nearly 200 nations reached a climate agreement on Saturday at COP26 with an unprecedented reference to the role of fossil fuels in the climate crisis, even after an 11th-hour objection from India that watered down the language around reducing the…
As we eye exploring other planets in our solar system, we can't forget about our own.A number of missions in the works aim to seek out the potential for life on moons around Jupiter and Saturn.Perseverance continues to check out…
Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, visited a military base Thursday where they met Afghan refugees who had made it to the United States.The couple spoke with women recently arrived at Task Force Liberty, on Joint Base…
India and Iran expressed fierce opposition to the inclusion of fossil fuels in any final agreement at the COP26 climate talks on Saturday, potentially thwarting what would have been a major breakthrough in the history of climate action at the…
A missionary held back tears after she received her Covid vaccine in late October. She had traveled about 7,500 miles to get to this fateful moment.Lorraine Charinda got her first shot of the vaccine on October 23 and her second…
This is the official new draft of the COP26 Glasgow Agreement that has been published on Friday. Read CNN's analysis of the text here.Draft COP decision proposed by the PresidentThe Conference of the Parties,Noting decisions 1/CMP.16 and 1/CMA.3,Recognizing the role…
Negotiations are expected to run through the night Friday at the COP26 climate summit, as stark divisions remain on several key issues.A second draft of a potential COP26 agreement was published Friday morning but there was clear opposition from many…
The Perseverance rover took a well-deserved break in October during solar conjunction, but it's back to investigating intriguing rocks in Jezero Crater on Mars.Solar conjunction -- a period when the sun is between Earth and Mars -- began on October…
With just over 24 hours before the COP26 climate summit comes to a close, it's all hands on deck.A new version of the draft agreement text is expected to be published at some point Thursday night, but COP26 President Alok…
A near-Earth asteroid may be a fragment that once broke away from the moon.Named Kamo'oalewa, which derives from a Hawaiian creation chant that alludes to an offspring traveling on its own, the quasi-satellite was first discovered in 2016 by astronomers…
If you missed the peak of South Taurids last week, the North Taurid meteor shower will shine this Thursday and Friday, potentially producing a few of its signature fireballs.The Taurids bring slow and steady streams from September to December. The…
A newly discovered black hole has been hiding in a cluster containing thousands of stars in our neighboring Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy. The black hole is 160,000 light-years away from Earth, and it's 11 times the mass of our sun.Astronomers…
A group of 22 nations known at the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDC), which include China, India and Saudi Arabia, asked for the entire section on the mitigation of climate change to be removed from the draft COP26 text, in a…
A group of young climate activists delivered a sharp rebuke to delegates at the COP26 climate summit Thursday, demanding that a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty be put in place and calling out global leaders for their continued closeness to the…
