Astronauts ready for historic all-female spacewalk
There have been 420 spacewalks and at least one man has taken part in every one of them. But astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir are about to change history.…
Former hunters helping to save endangered snow leopards
In the mountains of Siberia, few snow leopards remain. But as Elizabeth Palmer explains, cameras and former poachers, are helping to save them.
Thanks to hidden cameras in Siberia, poaching of snow leopards has virtually stopped
Only about 4,000 snow leopards are left in the wild. Now considered a “vulnerable species,” they roam across Central Asia where climate change and poaching further threatens their survival. A…
Air Force X-37B spaceplane successfully returns to earth after 780-day mission
Air Force X-37B spaceplane successfully returned to earth Saturday after a 780-day mission, a record flight for a top secret U.S. military plane with no pilot. The solar-powered plane is…
USS Grayback, submarine missing for 75 years, found off Japan
A U.S. Navy submarine missing for 75 years has been found off Okinawa, Japan. The USS Grayback sailed out of Pearl Harbor on January 28, 1944, for its 10th combat…
Trump administration begins official exit from Paris Climate Accord
The Trump administration has begun the process of officially exiting the Paris climate agreement. Amy Harder, an energy and climate reporter for Axios, spoke to CBSN’s Elaine Quijano about what…
Major cities around the world could be underwater by 2050, report shows
In our Eye on Earth series, we explore a new report that shows many major coastal cities around the world could be underwater by 2050. Scientists from Climate Central say…
14-year-old wins 3M Young Scientist Challenge with nano particle liquid bandage
A 14-year-old from California is America’s new top young scientist. The eighth grader created a nano particle liquid bandage to replace antibiotics. She beat nine other finalists and hundreds of…
Scottish company recycles plastic waste into roads
A Scottish firm. MacRebur, has invented a way to recycle plastic waste into road pavement, replacing some of the oil-based bitumen, or asphalt, that holds regular roadways together. Roxana Saberi…
This T. rex ancestor is “missing link” to apex predators, scientists say
Apex predators, like the Tyrannosaurus rex, eventually arose from smaller-bodied tyrannosauroid dinosaurs called Khankhuuluu mongoliensis, the study’s researchers said.