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CBS News - Science

NASA is recruiting new astronauts. Here are the qualifications. -- Updated 47m ago

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NASA telescope is plunging back to Earth after 22 years in orbit -- The Swift Observatory is barely clinging to space after a failed rescue effort left it tottering lower and lower.

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Is the truth really out there? Studying UAP sightings -- Seven decades after the first reported sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects, a scientific council is investigating records and video released by the government of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs), to possibly answer the question: Are we alone?

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Meteorite found in the Sahara Desert turns out to be piece of Mars -- A meteorite found in the Sahara Desert has been determined to be 4.1 billion years old and from Mars.

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Greenhouse gas levels set records again in 2025, U.N. says -- Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere rose to record highs in 2025, locking in climate​ impacts that will persist for centuries, the U.N. says.

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Scientists discover new dinosaur species -- Scientists in the U.K. have discovered a new dinosaur species, the Invictibellatrix amberina, a two-legged carnivore that was a cousin of the Tyrannosaurus rex. The fossil that led to the discovery sat in a drawer at the Natural History Museum in London for nearly 100 years, having first been obtained by the vaunted institution in 1924.

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Mars rover sets new driving record on surface of another world -- NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has set a new record for the longest distance traveled on the surface of another planet, the space agency said.

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Extreme heat putting births in jeopardy, U.N. climate chief warns -- Extreme heat is increasingly linked to problems such as premature births or underweight babies, the U.N. climate chief is warning.

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Neuroscientists grow human brain tissue in mice -- Neuroscientists at Stanford University successfully grew human brain tissue inside mice in the hopes of further enabling the development of treatments for brain disorders. Stanford Medicine professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences Dr. Sergiu Pasca, who led the study, joins CBS News to break down the findings.

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New species of wild cat discovered for first time in more than a century -- Scientists have discovered a new species of wild cat for the first time in more than a century, a Bolivian researcher says.

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Humpback whale seen grieving dead calf in rare footage -- The footage shows a female humpback whale staying close to the dead calf as it lies motionless on the seafloor, touching it with its head and fin.

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Russell Brand sentenced to over 10 years for rape and sex assault

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France says Iran behind costly grocery store refrigeration hacks

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Congress returns for lame-duck sprint after GOP midterm losses

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Ole Miss investigating "deeply troubling" video of racist gestures

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Alleged cartel leader wanted by the U.S. is captured in Mexico

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SKIMS Advent calendar sparks controversy: "I can get these at Dollar Tree"

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Dozens of migrants dead on boats in Europe, scores rescued

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