CNN – World

By Megan Marples, CNN Have you ever heard a rattlesnake rattling up close? It turns out the venomous reptiles change the frequency of their rattle the closer humans get to them, according to a new study published Thursday in Current Biology. Rattlesnakes prey on small animals like rodents and vibrate their tails when they feel

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Episcopal Church, which has been a self-governing autonomous body since 1785. The Episcopal Church in the United States has around 1.6 million members. Facts The Anglican Church originated when King Henry VIII split from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534, when the pope refused to grant the

By Angela Dewan, CNN The world would be on track for a collapse of the ozone layer and an additional 2.5 degrees Celsius of global warming by the end of the century if it hadn’t agreed in the 1980s to ban CFCs, chemicals once commonly used in aerosol sprays, refrigeration and air conditioners, according to

By Kara Fox, Aditi Sangal, Jessie Yeung, Steve George, Meg Wagner, Melissa Macaya and Melissa Mahtani, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights reserved.

By Gabriel Kinder, CNN The Taliban’s takeover of Kabul means that Nowzad — the non-profit that has spent nearly 15 years reuniting stray dogs with the soldiers who rescued them — no longer has a future in Afghanistan. That’s according to the organization’s founder, Pen Farthing, who now has a new mission: finding safe homes

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at Christianity, the most practiced religion in the world. Beliefs/Practices Followers of the Christian religion base their beliefs on the life, teachings and death of Jesus Christ. Christians believe in one God that created heaven, earth and the universe. The belief in one God originated with the Jewish

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Hinduism, the world’s third largest religion after Christianity and Islam. “Hinduism” is derived from a Sanskrit word that means “dwellers by the Indus River.” Statistics (from Pew Research Center) As of 2020, approximately 15.2% of the world population is Hindu. 0.7% of American adults practice Hinduism. India is

By Scottie Andrew, CNN Maki Kaji knew better than most that the simple joys are sometimes the most fulfilling, even if they come in the form of numbers and squares. Kaji was a man who loved watching and betting on horse races, spending time with his wife and publishing a magazine that featured puzzles for

By Amy Chillag, CNN The refugee crisis in Afghanistan is growing as the Taliban take over the country. Since the start of this year, 550,000 Afghans were forced to flee their homes due to internal fighting, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Now, tens of thousands more are trying to leave the country

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Phaethon, the source of the Geminid meteor shower, has intrigued scientists for years because it’s an asteroid that behaves like a comet. New research may reveal the reason why this oddball gets so bright as it approaches the sun. Asteroids and comets both orbit the sun, but asteroids are made of

By Ashley Strickland, CNN A rippling detected within the rings around Saturn has helped scientists determine that the giant planet may be “fuzzy” at its core. Previously, researchers believed Saturn’s core was rocky. But data gathered by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which orbited the ringed planet for 13 years before intentionally plunging into its atmosphere in

By Katie Hunt, CNN The only definitive fossil evidence that points to the existence of Denisovans — an enigmatic group of early humans first identified in 2010 — comes from five bones from the Denisova cave in the foothills of Siberia’s Altai mountains. The fragments are so tiny that they can all fit in the

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Ashraf Ghani, former president of Afghanistan. Personal Birth date: 1949 Birth place: Logar Province, Afghanistan Birth name: Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai Father: Shah Pesand Mother: Kawkaba Lodin Marriage: Rula (Saade) Ghani Children: Tarek; Mariam Education: American University in Beirut, Lebanon, 1973; Columbia University, masters and Ph.D,

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Taliban, a Sunni Islamist organization operating primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Facts Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada has been the Taliban’s supreme leader since 2016. Reclusive leader Mullah Mohammed Omar led the Taliban from the mid-1990s until his death in 2013. Taliban, in Pashto, is the plural of Talib,

By Etant Dupain, AnneClaire Stapleton and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN The Haitian government declared a state of emergency after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the country Saturday, leaving at least 1,297 people dead and more than 5,700 injured, according to the country’s civil protection agency. Of the 1,297 fatalities, 1,054 are in the South administrative region, 119