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The history and mystery of kissing - If you rang in the new year with a kiss, you took part in a tradition millions of years in the making. Scientists now say the origins of kissing go back much farther than most think. CBS News' Tina Kraus has more. Jan 2 - 01:475 hours ago
2025 was so hot it pushed Earth past critical climate change mark -- 2025 was the third hottest year on record and pushed Earth past a critical climate change mark, scientists say. -- Dec 30, 20255 hours ago
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." -- Dec 17, 20255 hours ago
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. -- Dec 17, 20255 hours ago
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. -- Dec 16, 20255 hours ago
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, 20255 hours ago
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, 20255 hours ago
"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, 20255 hours ago
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, 20255 hours ago