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Arecibo Observatory telescope collapses
After sustaining severe damage from a broken cable, the famed Arecibo Observatory telescope in Puerto Rico has collapsed. CBSN's Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers have more.
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China lands spacecraft on moon for historic sample collection
If successful, the Chang'e 5 mission will make China only the third nation to bring moon rocks back to Earth.
Hunted and trafficked, pangolins may hold key to COVID-19
Pangolins are coveted for their scales, which are used in dozens of traditional Chinese medicines.
COVID-19 vaccine breakthroughs: What happens now?
The latest promising advances in coronavirus vaccines are now posing more questions – about the logistics required to safely transport an approved vaccine, who will get it, and how to combat vaccine skepticism
Endangered pangolins linked to coronavirus
The pangolin has been poached almost to extinction for its scales, used widely in Chinese herbal medicine, but it may also help answer some of the questions about the coronavirus. Pangolins carry the virus, but don't get sick. Debora Patta spent time with a conservationist group on a police raid of pangolin poachers and with the rangers who release pangolins back into the wild and track their welfare.
Video shows meteor "as bright as the full moon" in Japan
A fireball spotted falling from the night sky over Japan has lit up social media.
"World's loneliest elephant" gets new home
An elephant who attracted worldwide attention has arrived at his new home after some help from pop icon Cher. The elephant named Kaavan was flown to a sanctuary in Cambodia where he will now live with three other elephants.
Sharing quarantine with endangered seabirds
This summer, during the COVID-19 pandemic, three scientists studying endangered seabirds found themselves on an island off the New Hampshire coast, which they shared with thousands of birds - and no one else. New Yorker magazine contributor Kelefa Sanneh talked with Liz Craig, Aliya Caldwell and Beckley Stearns, from the Shoals Marine Laboratory (run by the University of New Hampshire and Cornell University), about their unique sojourn on the terns' breeding ground at Seavey Island.
Are we making raccoons smarter?
The black-masked critters that teach themselves how to break into trash bins are the perfect urban survivalists, and we have ourselves to thank for that
Are we making raccoons smarter?
The black-masked critters that teach themselves how to break into trash bins are the perfect urban survivalists, and we have ourselves to thank for that. Correspondent Faith Salie talks with experts who have studied raccoons to find out what we can learn from them.
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Iran touts closest ever ties with Russia, contradicting Trump
Christina Applegate reveals she was misdiagnosed with MS
Zelenskyy says if Trump can't stop Putin, help Ukraine do it
What to know about Jalen Hurts' blood clot diagnosis
Trump announces $8 billion in diesel relief for U.S. farmers
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Theranos whistleblower calls Holmes "almost unrecognizable" in film
Gun used in Bend school shooting was birthday gift from shooter's mom
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3 more Democrats slated to join summit on political future
