The Chevrolet Cobalt is one of the GM models being recalled for faulty ignition switches. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption

Republican David Jolly thanks supporters during a campaign rally in Indian Rocks Beach, Fla. Steve Nesius/AP hide caption

Vladimir Lenin in 1900. In our counterfactual history, his career as the producer of the musical Pins and Needles is only a few years away. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption

Jonette Øyen with her Nissan Leaf outside the National Archives in Norway, where she works. Next month Norway is expected to become the first country where one in every 100 cars is purely electric. Sidsel Overgaard/NPR hide caption

The latest move to eradicate invasive species has put the mute swan in the cross hairs in New York. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters/Landov hide caption

Over 20,000 people live in the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. Many of them have to travel over five hours to attend a federal court hearing. Irina Zhorov/WPR hide caption

Notes From Nature allows volunteers to digitally catalog thousands of scientific specimens, like this insect from the Calbug project. Screengrab/NotesFromNature.org hide caption