A false color view of Uranus made from images taken by Voyager 2 in January 1986. AFP/via Getty Images hide caption
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Maggie Shaarawi, vice president of Animals Lebanon, tries to calm Sara the lion cub in Beirut before the animal is transferred out of the country, on Thursday. Ali Khara for NPR hide caption
A pocket gopher is seen in its home on a meadow in the Butte Camp area on the southern side of Mount St. Helens in southwest Washington state. Gophers were taken to the northern side, which had been devastated by a volcanic eruption. Bob Parmenter hide caption
The mysterious Bathydevius caudactylus was observed by MBARI's remotely operated vehicle Tiburon in the outer Monterey Canyon off the coast of California, at a depth of approximately 1,900 meters. 2002 MBARI hide caption
Scientists unveil decades-long research about the deep-diving 'mystery mollusc'
A commercial airliner flies before the rising Beaver full moon above Kuwait City on Nov. 27, 2023. Yasser Al-Zayyat/Getty Images hide caption
Renewable energy capacity is growing rapidly, especially in China, where this rooftop solar array is installed. The increasing use of sources like wind and solar power is driving down greenhouse gas emissions around the globe. STR/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Journalist Michael Shellenberger, founder of the Public news outlet, displays redacted reports during a hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday as he stresses the need for more transparency over UAP investigations. House Oversight Committee/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Experts testify before lawmakers that the U.S. is running secret UAP programs
Navaornis in hand. Stephanie Abramowicz / Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County hide caption
Pedestrians walk along a road engulfed in thick smog in Lahore, Pakistan, on Nov. 11. Lahore, a city of 14 million people and stuffed with factories, regularly ranks among the world's most polluted cities. It's hit record levels this month. Arif Ali/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Attendees holding signs listen as Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at Alro Steel on Aug. 29, 2024, in Potterville, Mich. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Trump promises more drilling in the U.S. to boost fossil fuel production
Artistic renditions of a future Mars settlement often feature structures above ground, as seen above. But after extensive research, authors Kelly and Zach Weinersmith found that any potential settlement would have to be below ground. janiecbros/Getty Images hide caption
Humans on Mars? Here's why you shouldn't plan a space move anytime soon
A flare burns natural gas at an oil well in Watford City, N.D. in 2021. Oil and natural gas companies would have to pay a fee for methane emissions that exceed certain levels under a new rule announced by the Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday. Matthew Brown/AP hide caption
An earlier ruling had ordered energy company Shell to cut its carbon emissions by net 45% by 2030 compared to 2019 levels. A Shell logo is displayed at a gas station in London in March 2022. Frank Augstein/AP hide caption
In the United States, one in every four households experiences a power outage annually. Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are working on a set of drones connected to a "smart" electric grid to try to help change that. Ali Majdfar/Getty Images hide caption
Then-candidate Donald Trump participates in a roundtable discussion with former Republican U.S. Representative from New York, Lee Zeldin, in the battleground state of Pennsylvania just days before voting ended. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Phragmites in the Great Salt Lake wetlands. Karin Kettenring hide caption
In this photo from November 2017, a rhesus macaques monkey observes kayakers as they navigate along the Silver River in Silver Springs, Fla. John Raoux/AP hide caption
This 2014 image provided by NASA shows a Taurid fireball recorded at the NASA All Sky Fireball Network station in Tullahoma, Tenn. NASA/AP hide caption
The logo for the COP29 climate change conference is painted on a road in Baku, Azerbaijan. Sergei Grits/AP hide caption
Scientists have found one type of neuron is affected early in Alzheimer's. koto_feja/Getty Images/E+ hide caption
Sauerkraut, kimchi, pickles — all of these delightful delicacies are made via fermentation, the transformation of one food into another with the help of microbes. Yulia Naumenko/Yulia Naumenko | Getty Images hide caption
Two complete skeletons of the dinosaur Psittacosaurus from one of the sites analyzed by the research team. Some scientists say these fossils show evidence of preservation due to their burrows collapsing. Liu Jun hide caption
Jewelry found in the ruins of a house in Pompeii are displayed, backdropped by the casts of two adults and two children who died together, are seen housed at the British Museum in London in 2013. Lefteris Pitarakis/AP hide caption
TJ, 35, and Nicole, 41, came to Chimp Haven from the Alamogordo Primate Facility in New Mexico 2018. Another group is expected to arrive from New Mexico in the coming months. Kierstin Luckett/Chimp Haven hide caption