Study: Climate change makes a Dust Bowl heat wave more likely
Instead of once in a century, such extreme heat could start coming around every 40 years, researchers say.
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Apple and Google clash with health officials on COVID-19 contact tracing
A COVID-19 tracing app developed by the two tech giants is of little use, according to health officials.
Astronauts fly to Florida ahead of historic launch to space station
The launch aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft will mark the first such flight from U.S. soil since the shuttle's retirement in 2011.
Dead Sea Scroll fragments thought to be blank reveal text
"With new techniques for revealing ancient texts now available, I felt we had to know if these letters could be exposed," the professor who made the discovery said in a release.
Astronomers discover 12.5-billion-year-old disk galaxy
The gargantuan system, which formed just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang, challenges some of the accepted theories of how galaxies in the universe may have formed.
NYC will test ultraviolet light to kill virus on subways
One scientist says UV light will be "very efficient" in eliminating the coronavirus.
For parts of U.S., cicadas are back after 17 years
Cicadas return every 13 or 17 years – one of the great mysteries of the insect world
Tech giants clash with health officials over app
In April, Apple and Google announced Google and Apple were working together to launch a coronavirus tracing app, aimed at following the spread of COVID-19 across the U.S. As more details emerge about the software, however, health officials say it will provide little aid in the battle against the outbreak. CNET senior producer Dan Patterson joins CBSN's Reena Ninan with more.
Huge cyclone slams into India's coast, and it's already a killer
Even before Cyclone Amphan made landfall in neighboring India, Bangladesh blamed a death on the storm packing 100+ mph winds.
Meet the astronauts ready for historic launch
NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will be the first to fly SpaceX's new spaceship on the historic test flight to the International Space Station. Mark Strassmann speaks with Behnken and Hurley.
Trump praises Ramaswamy ad as some GOP critics speak out
Zelenskyy accuses Russia of using cluster warheads in deadly strikes
Feds charge powerful Virginia Democrat in alleged drug scheme
DOJ investigating Corey Lewandowski over DHS role, sources say
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