Science

Fungus in "agroterrorism" arrest already widely prevale...

Two Chinese researchers were charged with trying to smuggle strains of a fungus ...

Dorian becomes a Category 5 hurricane

The storm bearing down on the U.S. coastline has strengthened further. Meteorolo...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on the next giant leap for mankind

As the founder, CEO and lead designer at SpaceX, a private company that makes ro...

Smithsonian artifacts: The first black hole photograph

Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Lonnie G. Bunch III explains to CBS New...

By The Numbers: The moon

Some facts about Earth's closest celestial neighbor from Jane Pauley.

To the Moon! Apollo 11's great adventure

Jeffrey Kluger, editor-at-large at Time magazine, recounts the human landmark of...

From 1979: Oil refinery vs. bald eagle

In Cobscook Bay, Maine, the Pittston Company's plans to build an oil refinery, w...

Preview: Mission to Mars

NASA's Mars 2020 mission, which launches for the Red Planet next summer, will fe...

Almanac: Sex researcher Alfred Kinsey

On June 23, 1894 Alfred C. Kinsey, the biologist and professor who founded the K...

Japanese probe's second straight attempt at moon landin...

A private lunar lander from Tokyo-based company ispace was aiming for a touchdow...

Mars beckons

Mankind has never been closer to setting foot on Mars. NASA is completing constr...

Meteorologist weighs in on climate change and extreme w...

Meteorologist and CBS News climate and weather contributor Jeff Berardelli joins...

Mars volcano that dwarfs Earth's tallest ones seen in n...

It marks the first time Arsia Mons has been imaged on the planet's horizon, NASA...

The fascinating world of biomimicry

Scientists are increasingly looking to nature for technological innovations. Fai...

Hurricane Dorian now Category 5 storm

Hurricane Dorian has been upgraded to a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane and is...

Florida residents brace for Hurricane Dorian

CBS News Correspondent Mark Strassmann is in Florida where residents along the c...