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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."

3 days 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.

3 days 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.

4 days 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.

5 days 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.

11 days 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.

17 days 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.

17 days ago

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.

18 days ago

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.

24 days ago

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.

25 days ago