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Wednesday, December 17, 2025 12:27 PM ET

CBS News - Science

Major climate research center on Trump administration chopping block -- The Trump administration intends to dismantle one of the world's leading climate research institutions, in Boulder, Colorado, over what it said were concerns about "climate alarmism."

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Researchers capture video of rare polar bear adoption -- The footage of a bear caring for an adopted cub was captured during the annual polar bear migration along the Western Hudson Bay in Churchill, Manitoba.

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Dinosaur tracks showing "herds moving in synchrony" found in Italy -- Most of the footprints are elongated and made by bipeds. The best-preserved ones bear traces of at least four toes.

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Interstellar comet is making its closest approach to Earth -- NASA continues to aim its space telescopes at the visiting ice ball, estimated to be up to 3.5 miles in size. -- Dec 15

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Fossil footprints in Bolivia reveal dinosaurs' awkward attempts to swim -- Paleontologists have discovered and documented 16,600 footprints left by theropods, the dinosaur group that includes the Tyrannosaurus rex. -- Dec 9

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"Space gum" discovered in asteroid Bennu samples, NASA reveals -- Samples collected from the asteroid Bennu are continuing the shed light on the origins of the solar system and how life developed on Earth, scientists say. -- Dec 3

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CEO of genetics firm says parents have a right to choose unborn child's traits -- Kian Sadeghi, the 25-year-old founder and CEO at Nucleus Genomics, tells "CBS Mornings" that parents have every right to select the qualities and traits they desire in their child. -- Dec 3

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Sick ants invite self-sacrifice to save colony: "Come and kill me" -- Ant colonies act as one "super-organism" which works to ensure the survival of all, according to a team of scientists. -- Dec 2

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Mystery owner of ancient foot found in Africa identified, scientists say -- The discovery could cast some doubt on the status of Lucy's species as the direct ancestor of Homo sapiens. -- Nov 26

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Most dogs have wolf DNA. These breeds have more than others. -- Wolf DNA seems to have influenced the size, smelling power and even personality of modern dog breeds, scientists said. -- Nov 25

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