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The 20 best video games of 2025

A family classic reborn in a wide open world, a satirical adventure through teenage life and a mystery puzzler for the ages – our critics on the year’s best fun More on the best culture of 2025

‘I had to plunge the knife into the canvas’: Edita Schubert wielded her scalpel like other artists wield a brush

In her day job, the ‘first lady of Croatian avant garde’ sliced up cadavers at Zagreb’s anatomical institute. In her studio, she used the same medical instruments to make art that surprises to this day

The U.S. Is on the Verge of Meteorological Malpractice

The Trump administration says it will dismantle a premier climate center, while somehow keeping weather forecasting intact.

Are you limiting the time you spend online? We’d like to hear from you

What prompted this change, and how has it affected you?

Fusion deal: Why Trump Media is merging with TAE Technologies

TAE Technologies says the strong balance sheet of TMTG will provide the capital needed to bring its first fusion power plant online in the U.S. by 2031.

Facebook tests charging users to share links in potential blow for news outlets

News organisations fear move could hit newsrooms and other media publishers by stopping users sharing their content

The Riot That Foretold an Unstable Future

In his newest book, Joe Sacco worries about what political violence might lead to.

Day 18 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: A Spider Among the Stars

Day 18 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: A Spider Among the Stars. About 5,000 light-years away, the Red Spider Nebula is the result of the spectacular final act of a dying star. The James Webb Space Telescope recently imaged this planetary nebula, showing the glowing outer layers of the star—which have been cast off for thousands of years, blasted into space in all directions—against a backdrop of countless other stars in our own galaxy.

How AI powered robots are helping small farms fight labor shortages

From labor shortages to environmental impacts, farmers are looking to AI to help revolutionize the agriculture industry. One California startup, Farm-ng, is tapping into the power of AI and robotics to perform a wide range of tasks, including seeding, weeding and harvesting.

Trump Media & Technology to merge with fusion energy company TAE in $6 billion deal. Here's why.

Updated on: December 18, 2025 / 11:02 AM EST / CBS News

NOAA says its new AI-driven weather models improve forecast speed and accuracy

December 18, 2025 / 10:30 AM EST / CBS News

Tech founder sold $120K of landline-style phones in 3 days—her top tips for going 'screen-time sober'

Cat Goetze is a tech entrepreneur but makes an effort to keep her phone usage low.