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By Tara John, CNN There needs to be enough immunity in the general population from vaccines or infections for the Covid-19 pandemic to transition to an endemic phase — similar to manageable diseases like influenza. This growing debate on whether Covid-19 is endemic really rests on what we are “willing to accept,” said CNN’s Chief

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Half a billion years ago, the oceans were filled with life that looked more like aliens than the marine animals we know today. Now, researchers have uncovered the fossil of an unusual creature that was likely a giant compared to tiny ocean life 500 million years ago. Radiodonts, a group of

By Angela Dewan, CNN The president of the UN climate change conference COP26 insisted Tuesday that the event scheduled for November in Glasgow “must go ahead in person,” after a network of 1,500 civil society groups dialed up pressure on the UK to postpone the event. The Climate Action Network (CAN), which includes groups from

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at violence against UN peacekeeping forces. This is a selected list of incidents from 1990 to present. Facts Since 1948, the United Nations has authorized more than 70 peacekeeping missions around the globe. There are currently 12 peacekeeping operations. Since 1948, at least 4,128 peacekeepers have been killed in

CNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about the September 11, 2012, attack on the US mission in Benghazi, Libya. Facts September 11, 2012 – The US mission in Benghazi is attacked and burned. An attack later that night involves mortar and rocket fire against a US diplomatic annex in the city. US Ambassador Christopher

By Katie Hunt, CNN Some warm-blooded animals are experiencing shifts in their body shapes, likely as a response to the pressures of climate change, according to a new review of existing research. Animals are getting larger beaks, legs and ears that allow them to better regulate their body temperatures as the planet gets hotter, with

By Ashley Strickland, CNN When a dead star plunges into an active star, expect an explosion of astronomical proportions that isn’t supposed to happen yet. Astronomers were able to work out this stellar puzzle after tracing an unusual burst of bright radio waves in 2017. The radio waves were captured by the Very Large Array

By Merlin Delcid and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN El Salvador’s highest court has ruled that the country’s president can serve two consecutive terms in office, paving the way for current president Nayib Bukele to run for re-election in 2024. The decision was delivered late Friday night by judges appointed in May by the country’s newly elected

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at terror attacks involving vehicles used as deadly weapons by radicalized individuals or terror groups. Facts Al Qaeda’s Yemeni branch encouraged its Western recruits to use trucks as weapons. A 2010 webzine article, “The Ultimate Mowing Machine,” called for deploying a pickup truck as a “mowing machine, not

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, a professional Brazilian football (soccer) player. During his World Cup appearances, he scored 12 goals in 14 games. He played in four World Cups, and his Brazilian team won three (1958, 1962, 1970). Personal Birth date: October

By Ashley Strickland, CNN While we were enjoying the weekend, the Perseverance rover was hard at work making history on Mars. New images with better lighting reveal that the rover did, in fact, successfully collect a Martian rock sample last week. After processing and sealing, it’s the first Mars rock core sample to be stowed

By Katya Krebs, CNN A top international conservation agency warned that 28% of the 138,374 species identified on its “survival watchlist” as being under threat have now been moved to the more dangerous “red list” — meaning they are at high risk of extinction. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reported during

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Our planet is wonderfully wild. It’s easy to forget that amid the daily hustle and bustle of our lives — especially for those of us who only see wildlife when a bird or a squirrel darts by the window. Remember when you were a kid and evidence of Earth’s menagerie was

By Omar Jimenez and Bill Kirkos, CNN As Afghans flee the Taliban regime and flow into the United States, they are landing in places like Fort McCoy, situated in rural Wisconsin. It’s the current temporary home for up to 13,000 recently-evacuated Afghan refugees, though Army officials would not disclose the actual number on base. Marcos

By Gregory McNamee, CNN Gear up for the latest spacewalk on September 12 with an out-of-this world playlist. Astronauts Akihiko Hoshide from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Thomas Pesquet from the European Space Agency will venture into space to mount a support bracket on the International Space Station for the third new solar array,

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov conducted a spacewalk Friday to prepare the new Nauka module for operations on the International Space Station. The spacewalk began Friday at 10:41 a.m. ET and ended at 6:35 p.m., lasting seven hours and 54 minutes. It’s the first of what could be up

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Perseverance rover successfully drilled into a Martian rock on Thursday, creating an intact core sample that could one day be returned to Earth. But NASA wants better images to make sure the sample is safely in the tube before it’s sealed up and stowed on the rover. So far, data