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Science - Saving the Venus fly trap - The carnivorous Venus fly trap is native to the Carolinas, but its population is dwindling due to loss of habitat. Correspondent Seth Doane talks with botanist Julie Moore, who has spent much of her life helping to save these remarkable plants; and with Damon Waitt, director of the North Carolina Botanical Garden, who discusses the unusual traits of a species that Charles Darwin called the most interesting plant in the world. 9H ago - 5:43

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Policy -- Entire NSF science advisory board fired by Trump administration

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Crime - U.K. ambassador: "Very confident" of security - Sir Christian Turner, the British ambassador to the U.S., told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that he is "very confident" that King Charles and Queen Camilla will have the "very best security" in their visit to the White House this week. 7H ago - 6:01

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X's 'Everything App' Metamorphosis Supposedly Accelerating Soon with 'X Money' Rollout

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Georgia blaze shows how climate change has led to more wildfires in the East

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Archaeologists discover the lost 'Book of the Dead' buried for thousands of years

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A fast-growing Georgia wildfire tops 31 square miles, with evacuations possible

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The First 'Brand New Day' Marvel Legends Tease a Spidey-Hulk Brawl

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Apple Is Setting Its New CEO Up to Be Synonymous with the $2,000 Foldable iPhone, Report Says

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What's in the "manifesto" of the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting suspect -- Cole Allen, 31, sent an email to family members shortly before the annual press gala, officials told CBS News.

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Cocaine warning issued over fish - 'changing their behaviour' The research suggests illegal drugs entering rivers are not just present in trace amounts-they...

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What Chornobyl reveals about radioactive materials in environment

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The New 'Spider-Noir' Trailer Is as Colorful As You Want

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Critics slam Trump's purge of National Science Board: 'Wholesale evisceration of American leadership in science'

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Antarctica's sea ice suddenly started shrinking a decade ago - and deep-diving robots are revealing why - By - Grist - published - 26 April 26 - A decade ago, southern sea ice suddenly and dramatically declined. Scientists say the culprit was a "very violent release" of deep, pent-up heat.

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Trump speaks on WHCA shooting | Special Report - President Trump took questions Saturday night after a shooting broke out at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. A 31-year-old suspect is in custody. CBS News' Carissa Lawson and Tony Dokoupil anchored this special report. 47M ago - 1:31:07

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Podcast helps Louisiana police arrest 4 suspects in girl's 1982 murder -- Police credited the podcast with generating crucial tips from the public and prompting new witnesses to approach investigators.

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What we know about the suspect in shooting at White House Correspondents' Dinner -- The suspect was identified to CBS News by law enforcement sources as 31-year-old Cole Allen of Torrance, California.

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The First Look at 'Alien: Isolation 2' Calls You Back for More

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Bus-sized 'terror croc' discovered with bite force greater than T-Rex

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AI robots are learning to do simple human tasks at a factory in Massachusetts

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A Dangerous Bacteria Is Moving Up the East Coast. Here's What That Means for You

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From 1990: NASA launches Hubble Telescope -- On April 24, 1990, NASA launched the Hubble Space Telescope from the Space Shuttle Discovery after seven years of delays. Watch CBS News' coverage from that day.

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Ex-CIA psychic spy claims humans can tap into 'infinite consciousness'... and reveals how to unlock it

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Soundcore Space 2 Review: A Shockingly Stellar Value for Budget ANC Wireless Headphones

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What would happen if the Chernobyl disaster happened in Britain? Terrifying map reveals the huge blast radius of nuclear plants in the UK - leaving millions of Brits exposed to toxic radiation

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Society & Policy -- 'Staggering' number of people believe unproven claims about vaccines, raw milk and more

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Astronomers map one of the largest structures in the universe, hidden behind the Milky Way's 'Zone of Avoidance' By - Harry Baker - published - 26 April 26 - Scientists have mapped the extent of the Vela Supercluster for the first time, and determined that it is one of the largest structures in the universe.

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Michael Ball's life from quitting show he loved to debilitating health

Daily Express - 11 hours ago

New robotic control software avoids jamming their joints

Ars Technica - 11 hours ago

Colombia hosts talks on exiting fossil fuels as global energy crisis deepens

Los Angeles Times - 11 hours ago

Trump cancels envoys' Pakistan trip, in blow to hopes for Iran war breakthrough -- Peace talks between the U.S. and Iran were scheduled to continue Saturday in Pakistan, but they fell apart after President Donald Trump announced that he would not be sending U.S. envoys to take part in negotiations. -- Saad Sayeed, Ariba Shahid and Steve Holland

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Study reveals how 10-year-olds see getting OLD - and it's not complimentary

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Della's Optima TP Series Mini-Split Air Conditioner Is Cheap, Smart, and (Mostly) Reliable

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How to recharge, relax and reset in Malawi's buzzy capital.

Deutsche Welle - 13 hours ago

Wave of RSV, particularly dangerous for babies, sweeping across U.S.; doctors urge vaccination

Los Angeles Times - 18 hours ago

Scientists fail to solve the mystery of where all the missing teaspoons disappear to

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Pripyat was completely evacuated after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. DW returned with a former resident 40 years on.

Deutsche Welle - 22 hours ago

US clarifies mobile hotspots part of foreign router ban despite rarity of American made consumer kit -- Silicon often from US, but the kit from APAC and elsewhere

The Trump administration wants to open precious East Coast forests to logging and mining - By - Grist - published - 25 April 26 - The fight over the roadless rule has long focused on the West, but its repeal could fragment some of the last pristine forests in the eastern United States.

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Trump and Congress cut funding for Planned Parenthood. Can Botox keep it afloat?

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Biologists and chemists in Manitoba find solutions to growing pollution problems

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A look back at the world's worst nuclear power plant disaster

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Billionaire Elon Musk enters courtroom showdown with OpenAI

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Worst spring drought on record grips US, fueling wildfires and water worries

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Scientists test new method to combat harmful algae blooms in Clear Lake

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China will send giant pandas to Atlanta again

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Epidemiology -- 'Bat feast' animal videos at African cave offer clues to how deadly viruses spread

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OpenAI CEO 'deeply sorry' for not warning police about Tumbler Ridge shooter's ChatGPT use

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Artemis II broke Fred Haise's distance record, but he is happy to pass it on

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More pupils get chance to design and build go-carts -- STEM on Track will be taught at Mont à L'Abbé School and there are plans to extend it to Guernsey.

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The AMOC moves closer to collapse, scientists create artificial neurons, the "Iliad" is found inside and Egyptian mummy, and researchers search for treatments for brain-eating amoebas - By - Ben Turner - published - 25 April 26 - Science news this week - April 25, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend

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Before sci-fi was everywhere, this pioneering magazine championed 'scientifiction'

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Transportation -- An electric air taxi passes its hardest test. When can passengers fly?

Scientific American - 1 day ago

A truce appears in the 'Hands Off Our Yards' wildfire landscaping wars

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Conservation -- Mollusk shells could pave the way to greener materials

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Medical miracle as British girl born blind has sight restored by pioneering new treatment

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This is who's developing Golden Dome's orbital interceptors—if they're ever built

Ars Technica - 1 day ago

OpenAI apologizes for not reporting Canada mass shooter

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WHO approves first Malaria drug for babies

Deutsche Welle - 1 day ago

16 Apr 2026 -- Artemis II crew: 'We left as friends - we came back as best friends' -- The four crew members gave their first press conference since they splashed down nearly a week ago, and emphasised hope and unity. -- 16 Apr 2026

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Astronaut Joshua Kutryk says it's no coincidence Canadians are being asked to join space missions

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California scientists among disappearances, deaths under federal investigation

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Claude Opus 4.7 has turned into an overzealous query cop, devs complain -- Rising refusal rate from Acceptable Use Classifier leaves customers paying for nothing

A real-life Kraken stalked the seas of the late Cretaceous

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Gravity -- One scientist's 10-year quest to calculate the strength of gravity

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How to prevent the Gulf Stream from collapsing? CLOSE the Bering Strait, experts say

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How debris from past hurricanes is fueling raging wildfires in the South

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The wide-brimmed Sombrero galaxy is revealed in all its splendor by a telescope in Chile

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Curiosity rover detects building blocks of life in first-ever experiment on Mars

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China surpasses US in research spending and the consequences are dire

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Building a massive dam between Alaska and Russia could prevent AMOC collapse, scientists say - By - Chris Simms - published - 24 April 26 - Building a dam in the Bering Strait might preserve the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, but experts warn it could also threaten wildlife, Indigenous people and shipping - and could actually speed up its demise.

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Mental Health -- RFK, Jr., puts psychedelics on fast track to FDA review and approval

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Q&A: Apollo astronaut Schmitt talks about getting back to the moon and life in the universe

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AI-Designed Drugs by a DeepMind Spinoff Are Headed to Human Trials

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Psychedelics -- RFK, Jr., says ibogaine holds unprecedented promise for treating depression. Here's what the science says

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Scientists identify mysterious 'golden orb' discovered deep in the Gulf of Alaska

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Meet the 19-meter Cretaceous kraken that swam with mosasaurs

Ars Technica - 2 days ago

Designer Baby Companies Are in Turmoil

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AI smart glasses will help visually impaired runners take on the London Marathon

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A massive kraken-like octopus may have prowled the seas during the age of dinosaurs

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Animals -- How darkness might save migratory birds

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Q&A: Apollo astronaut Schmitt talks about getting back to the moon and life in the universe

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Chornobyl at 40: Settlers and horses survive Russian drones, contamination

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Astronomy -- Buckyballs and a cosmic question mark stun in new JWST imagery of a planetary nebula

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Massive kraken-like octopuses may have ruled the seas 100 million years ago

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Bloodbath on the streets as millions of dogs are 'massacred' by firing squad ahead of the World Cup

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Salmon exposed to cocaine swim farther, study shows

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DeepSeek previews new AI model adapted to run on Huawei chips

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AI bats away ping-pong challenge as rise of the machines continues - Rise of the Machines - Sony project claims a significant breakthrough with applications in task requiring speed and accuracy - AI + ML - 23 Apr 2026 - | 24

Mathematics -- An amateur just solved a 60-year-old math problem-by asking AI

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Netanyahu Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer Without Informing Israeli Public

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60-FOOT OCTOPUS RULED THE SEAS DURING AGE OF DINOSAURS, FOSSILS SHOW -- New analyses of fossilized jaws reveal that massive, kraken-like octopuses once hunted alongside other marine predators.

CBS News - 2 days ago

NASA's Curiosity rover has detected never-before-seen compounds on Mars - and they're widely considered the building blocks for the origin of life on Earth.

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The best way to evacuate a plane, according to science

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NASA announces exact date 'God of Chaos' asteroid will fly by planet Earth

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Millions across the Southeast have been warned to stay indoors as toxins pour into the air from an outbreak of dangerous wildfires.

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Trump administration vows crackdown on Chinese companies 'exploiting' AI models made in U.S.

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Natural molecule could provide Ozempic, Wegovy alternative

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Contributor: Regulate the 'Enhanced Games' as a medical experiment and a marketing stunt

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