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Historic heat wave in Europe
Five days into summer, much of the eastern U.S. is in a heatwave. But it's even hotter in Europe. Roxana Saberi reports.
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Five days into summer, much of the eastern U.S. is in a heatwave. But it's even hotter in Europe. Roxana Saberi reports.
Zimbabwe's tourism minister says they're selling them to Angola and any other country "who wants our wildlife"
Western Europe is expecting a potentially devastating heat wave that could reach temperatures above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. In France, this heat wave is being compared to one it experienced almost 16 years ago when thousands died. CBS News' Tina Krauss reports from London.
NOAA said the squid was about 10-12 feet and it appeared to wrap its tentacles around an underwater camera
At least 167 gray whales have washed ashore from Mexico to Alaska since January. Experts say that's probably just a fraction that have actually died. Jonathan Vigliotti explains.
The biologist who achieved fame with a pair of best-selling books about male and female sexual behavior was born on June 23. 1894
On June 23, 1894 Alfred C. Kinsey, the biologist and professor who founded the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, and the author of the groundbreaking books "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" and "Sexual Behavior in the Human Female," was born. Jane Pauley reports.
NASA and SpaceX are both readying unmanned missions to the Red Planet, with the goal of putting human-filled boots on the ground
Mankind has never been closer to setting foot on Mars. NASA is completing construction of its new Mars rover, in readiness for launching next summer, while SpaceX is firing prototypes of its Mars rocket engines, getting ready for short test flights in late 2020. David Pogue reports on the prognosis for manned exploration of the Red Planet, and how human endurance is being tested in a habitat constructed on the slopes of a Hawaiian volcano.
NASA's Mars 2020 mission, which launches for the Red Planet next summer, will feature not just a rover, but also a tiny helicopter that will detach and hover above the Martian surface. David Pogue talked with Mimi Aung, project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, in this preview of Pogue's report for "Sunday Morning" June 23.