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CBS News - Science

Live - Massive funeral for slain supreme leader enters second day - The dayslong funeral for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in February by U.S.-Israeli strikes, has been marked by chants for revenge. updated 15M ago

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The American innovation that made millions of others possible -- From the lightbulb to the airplane, to medical breakthroughs and the internet age, the past 250 years have been defined by America's intrepid intellect.

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New White House UFO panel chair speaks out -- The White House appointed former Harvard University astronomer Avi Loeb to lead its new panel on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, also known as UAPs and UFOs. Loeb shares his enthusiasm for his new role.

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3 futurists predict what America will be like in the centuries ahead -- From space to healthcare and artificial intelligence, what could the next 250 years of the United States look like?

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NASA strives to save doomed telescope -- NASA is in a race against time as the Swift Observatory telescope in orbit sinks closer to Earth. CBS News consultant William Harwood explains the $30 million salvage operation.

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Fossil found in drawer turns out to be first dinosaur bone from Antarctica -- Dinosaur fossils are rare to find in Antarctica because of the unforgiving ice caps. But millions of years ago, the region was populated by lush forests.

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NASA prepares to launch rescue to save telescope from falling to Earth -- The $30 million salvage operation gets underway as soon as this week with the planned launch of a robotic lifesaver.

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Astronomers find 2 gigantic planets lighter than cotton candy -- The featherweight pair - orbiting a star 1,110 light-years away - are the biggest exoplanets found to have less density than cotton candy.

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Ancient Egyptian burial site reveals centuries of changing traditions -- Human and animal remains unearthed in Egypt's Nile Delta reveal changing funerary practices over some 600 years, and the evolution of a key site itself.

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Telescope snaps most detailed photo yet of Milky Way's heart -- Euclid is on a mission to chart one-third of the sky in the hopes of shedding light on the enduring mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.

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Interstellar comet may be oldest object ever seen in solar system -- Exactly where the comet 3I/ATLAS came from within the Milky Way remains a mystery.

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Trump touts American "golden age", attacks communism in July 4th speech -- In a speech delayed by a two-hour evacuation of the National Mall due to severe weather, President Trump mixed politics with history.

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Rep. Nancy Pelosi's husband suspected in California hit-and-run -- Paul Pelosi, the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is suspected of crashing into a parked car and driving away from the scene Friday afternoon in Northern California

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8 people, including 4 children, injured in July 4th shooting -- A 21-year-old female is in critical condition, and 4 of the injured are juveniles between the ages of 6 and 14, according to he police.

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Heat and severe storms damper July 4th celebrations, leave thousands without power -- While millions of Americans across the Northeast experienced record-setting temperatures, thunderstorms in the Midwest downed trees, ruptured power lines and made transportation treacherous.

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Weather woes impact July 4th celebrations as National Mall briefly evacuated -- Americans celebrated 250 years of independence this Fourth of July, although severe weather put a damper on the proceedings in several parts of the country.

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Pope Leo spends July 4th at migrant cemetery in Italy, meets with U.S. ambassador -- After the pope's visit to the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, the U.S. Embassy said the ambassador to the Holy See gave Leo a commemorative baseball, an apple pie and a U.S. World Cup jersey.

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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce married in ceremony officiated by Adam Sandler -- Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were married as they celebrated their wedding with hundreds of guests Friday at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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Joey Chestnut wins Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, Miki Sudo is women's champion -- Reigning champion Joey Chestnut ate 66 hot dogs and buns to win the 2026 Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest while Miki Sudo ate 38 3/4 to win the women's competition.

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