This year has seen Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex take part in a groundbreaking interview with Oprah Winfrey and welcome their second child into the world, all while scandals have swirled around the royal family they left behind.Now,…
None of the world's major economies -- including the entire G20 -- have a climate plan that meets their obligations under the 2015 Paris Agreement, according to an analysis published Wednesday, despite scientists' warning that deep cuts to greenhouse gas…
Nothing gets between a fiercely protective mother spider and her children. Dripping tree resin trapped adult female spiders and baby spiderlings about 99 million years ago, forever showcasing the maternal care exhibited by these arthropods, according to new research.The Lagonomegopidae…
Despite efforts from President Joe Biden to turn the United States into a global climate leader, most people in the advanced world don't think the US is doing a good job on the issue, and China is doing even worse,…
CNN spoke to several activists from Dalit Women Fight (DWF), which campaigns for the rights of women from their community. While Riya Singh and Mohini Bala are public about their work, the names of the other activists have been changed…
Bringing extinct creatures back to life is the lifeblood of science fiction. At its most tantalizing, think Jurassic Park and its stable of dinosaurs.Advances in genetics, however, are making resurrecting lost animals a tangible prospect. Scientists have already cloned endangered…
Behind the veil of the Covid-19 pandemic, 227 people were killed last year protecting forests, water and other natural resources under increasing stress from climate change, making 2020 the deadliest year on record for environmental defenders according to a report…
A Scottish regulator said it was investigating one of Prince Charles' charities after a UK newspaper reported that a Russian banker had tried to donate a six-figure sum to the future king's foundation.The Sunday Times reported that Prince Charles wrote…
Pope Francis urged Hungarians to be more "open" and "considered" during an open-air mass in Budapest after meeting the country's hardline Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Sunday.Orban, a self-styled defender of Christian values, has rolled back civil liberties, ranging from…
European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide are back inside the International Space Station after completing a successful spacewalk Sunday to prepare for more solar array upgrades.The spacewalk started around 8:15 a.m. ET…
Nine hours, 30 minutes and 1 second.That's how long Daniel Scali held an abdominal plank position, shattering the men's world record.When the 28-year-old Australian man broke the record last month, the tough feat was made even more difficult by complex…
Today is one for remembrance and holding your loved ones a little tighter.There's no way around it. September 11 will always be a difficult day because the memories don't fade.I'll never forget sitting in my classroom on that beautiful fall…
Lawyers for a woman who has accused Prince Andrew of sexual abuse say they have served the senior British royal with legal papers for a lawsuit.Prince Andrew is being sued in New York by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who says he…
Two Martian rock samples collected by the Perseverance rover may contain evidence of ancient water bubbles, according to NASA.The rock samples were found to include salt minerals, which may reveal insights about the ancient climate and habitability of Mars billions…
A pilot sets a Guinness World Record, a missing toddler is found safe, and a delivery driver saves the day. These are the must-watch videos of the week.3,2,1 - lift off!Remarkably, it was stunt pilot Dario Costa's first time flying…
A team of researchers behind an experiment that involved hanging rhinoceroses upside down, suspended in the air by their feet, has been awarded an Ig Nobel Prize.The spoof accolade borrows its name from, but is not connected with, the world-famous…
Scientists have discovered a previously unknown species of predatory dinosaur with shark-like teeth that would have been the T. rex of its day.It belongs to family of dinosaurs known as carcharodontosaurs, best known for their shark-like teeth. Named Ulughbegsaurus uzbekistanensis,…
Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov conducted their second spacewalk in less than a week as they continue configurations for the new Nauka module for operations on the International Space Station.The spacewalk began Thursday at 10:51 a.m. and ended…
New images are shining a spotlight on a game of fetch that's out of this world. Astronomers have captured the most detailed observations yet of the asteroid 216 Kleopatra -- an asteroid with two moons that just happens to look…
When Chandler "Chad" Keller was a child, he dreamed of being an astronaut. From the time he was six years old, Chad and his father, Richard Keller, would launch rockets in their backyard.But "his eyes were kind of bad," according…
