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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The first controlled clinical trial recorded in the modern age, carried out in 1747 to test treatments for scurvy, may have drawn inspiration from the nephew of Sir Isaac Newton’s laboratory assistant, according to new research. Today, clinical trials are an essential part of medical research that can lead

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A startling discovery made public in July that metallic rocks were apparently producing oxygen on the Pacific Ocean’s seabed, where no light can penetrate, was a scientific bombshell. Initial research suggested potato-size nodules rich in metals, predominantly found 4,000 meters (13,100 feet) below the surface in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone,

By Jackie Wattles and Kia Fatahi, CNN (CNN) — US regulators and government officials in Turks and Caicos are looking into reports of property damage in the island nation caused by debris falling after a SpaceX Starship vehicle exploded over the ocean during a test mission Thursday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Flights of

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — For the first time, a location beyond Earth has been listed as vulnerable by the World Monuments Fund, an international nonprofit that every two years highlights 25 heritage sites at risk. The Fund included the moon on its 2025 Watch list due to the dawn of a new Space

By Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have newly identified a “supergiant” sea bug species after purchasing crustaceans from fishermen and restaurants in Vietnam to study the growing popularity of the creatures as a local delicacy. The deep-sea critter, now called Bathynomus vaderi, got its name after researchers noticed its head shared a resemblance to

By Amarachi Orie and Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — Elite ancient Romans would treat their guests to relaxing thermal baths when they came to enjoy the merriment of a large feast, a new discovery at the archaeological site of Pompeii has shown. Inside a residential house, archaeologists have uncovered one of the largest and

CNN By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — SpaceX’s colossal Starship launch system lifted off on its seventh uncrewed test flight Thursday, with an upgraded version of the megarocket embarking on the program’s most ambitious flight to date. SpaceX was able to duplicate its prior feat of catching a booster that returned to

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — The age of de-extinction may soon be a reality. Advances in genetic engineering and synthetic biology are making resurrecting animals once lost to this world a tangible prospect. The organizations and companies at the forefront of de-extinction efforts are promising success — and surprisingly soon. Those efforts just got

By Nell Lewis, CNN (CNN) — Pygmy seahorses, about the size of a fingernail, are some of the smallest vertebrates in the world. First discovered in 1969, little was known about the creatures. But in the early 2000s, British marine biologist Richard Smith decided to focus his PhD research on Denise’s pygmy seahorse, a species

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — As the winds die down and firefighters seize control of the deadly infernos that have scorched more than 60 square miles, Los Angeles faces an unimaginable task before anyone can rebuild: Cleaning up the toxic, smoldering remains. More than 12,000 structures have been destroyed, many of them homes and

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Blue Origin, the rocket company Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos founded, notched one of the most substantial successes in its history on Thursday: sending a rocket to orbit. The debut flight of New Glenn, the company’s first rocket powerful enough to launch satellites to space, took off after 2 a.m.

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — SpaceX has turned heads and tested boundaries with each test flight of Starship, the most powerful rocket system ever constructed. And the latest mission of the nearly 400-foot-tall (121-meter) vehicle is designed to push the envelope even further in a quest to return astronauts to the moon and someday

By Angela Fritz, CNN (CNN) — The fires that have ravaged Los Angeles over the past week were larger and burned hotter than they would have in a world without planet-warming fossil fuel pollution, a new analysis suggests. Climate change could be blamed for around 25% of the fuel available for the fires, according to

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blared toward space Wednesday carrying a pair of lunar landers on a journey to our closest celestial neighbor — kicking off what’s expected to be a bustling year of moon missions amid a renewed race to establish a long-term human presence on the lunar

CNN By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blared toward space Wednesday carrying a pair of lunar landers on a journey to our closest celestial neighbor — kicking off what’s expected to be a bustling year of moon missions amid a renewed race to establish a long-term human presence on the

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — The past few years have marked the advent of a new lunar space race, with a fleet of robotic spacecraft from various countries trying — and mostly failing — to reach the moon and carry out their intended missions. But 2025 may offer a second chance for the companies

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Keep an eye on the sky Monday evening to see the wolf moon, the first full moon of the year. And some sky-gazers will be able to glimpse a cosmic magic trick when the moon appears to pass in front of Mars. The full moon will be at peak