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By Richard Roth, CNN A country led by an accused war criminal is now in charge of the United Nations Security Council. Hard as it is to believe, it’s Russia’s turn to assume presidency of the powerful body — which is charged with maintaining global peace and security. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba described Russia

By AJ Willingham, CNN Much divides us, but one thing that knows no cultural bounds is the human desire to pull some silly, goofy little tricks. April Fools’ Day has a shockingly global history, for a holiday devoted fully to mild deception. For some cultures, it’s not even relegated to one day in April, cracking

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Researchers in New York developed a virtual reality maze for mice in an attempt to demystify a question that’s been plaguing neuroscientists for decades: How are long-term memories stored? What they found surprised them. After forming in the hippocampus, a curved structure that lies deep within the brain, the mice’s memories

By Danya Gainor, CNN No matter what the James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope or our other tools of space exploration discover next, it’s likely to be located many light-years away. But how far away is a light-year — really? Our planet’s circumference is 24,873.6 miles (40,030.2 kilometers) and our planet is 93 million

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Astronaut Frank Rubio traveled to the International Space Station on September 21, 2022, for what he thought would be a six-month mission. But he’ll wind up staying in space for over a year — breaking the record for the longest mission conducted by a US astronaut. Rubio will return to Earth

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Melting ice in the Antarctic is not just raising sea levels but slowing down the circulation of deep ocean water with vast implications for the global climate and for marine life, a new study warns. Led by scientists from the University of New South Wales and published Wednesday in the journal

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu on Wednesday won a historic vote at the United Nations that calls on the world’s highest court to establish for the first time the obligations countries have to address the climate crisis — and the consequences if they don’t. Vanuatu has long faced the disproportionate impacts

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN The weather is slowly changing on Jupiter and Uranus, according to our galaxy’s own interplanetary meteorologist. The NASA Hubble Space Telescope captured Earth’s outer planetary neighbors in images from 2014 to 2022, documenting changes in the planets’ weather and seasons over time. With Jupiter at about 484 million miles (779 million

Story by Katie Hunt, design by Ian Berry, CNN Smells hover just below our conscious awareness, conjuring up emotions and memories that shape how we perceive and navigate the world. An unexpected whiff of a long-forgotten snack or a dusty book can transport a person to years past — enabling a kind of time travel

By Gawon Bae, Emi Jozuka and Brad Lendon, CNN North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles into the waters off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula on Monday morning, South Korean authorities said, the latest in series of missile firings as South Korean and United States forces engage in their largest military exercises since

By CNN’s Barbie Latza Nadeau At least 28 migrants have died after their boats sank off the coast of Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, Italian officials say. In one wreck alone at least 20 migrants died with more than 60 people still missing. Meanwhile, the Italian coast guard said they