Estelle Laughlin, 94, survived the Nazi concentration camps along with her older sister and mother. She was photographed in her living room in Lincolnshire, Illinois, on October 6, 2023. Jamie Kelter Davis for NPR hide caption
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Goats, are you paying attention to our tone of voice? A new study tries to answer that question. It involved 27 goats, a loudspeaker and recordings of the phrase "Hey, look over here!" Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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A nurse prepares to administer a newly approved malaria vaccine, RTS,S, to an infant at the health center in Datcheka, Cameroon, on Jan. 22. Cameroon is the first country in the vaccine campaign. Plans are to introduce the vaccine in 20 additional countries by 2025. Desire Danga Essigue/Reuters hide caption
Tuesday
The potentially fatal disease diphtheria is caused by bacteria — the club-shaped, Gram-positive, Corynebacterium diphtheriae bacilli shown in this microscope photo. CDC via AP hide caption
Monday
Anthropologist Carla Handley, center, meets with Wario Bala, right, to present the results of a DNA study she conducted seven years ago in his community in northern Kenya. Rebecca Siford hide caption
If you donate DNA, what should scientists give in return? A 'pathbreaking' new model
Sunday
We asked our readers to send in their wishes for 2024, and many of you expressed a hope that humans pay attention to the health of the planet. The woman pictured above is one of the nomadic Wodaabe people — cattle herders who live mainly in Chad and Niger. Their lifestyle is affected by higher temperatures, shifting winds and changing precipitation patterns due to climate change. Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Saturday
Is the series of snowy storms in North America making you a little ... um ... squirrely? Well imagine if this was the first time you ever saw snow in your life! We reached out to people in the Global South and other parts to share their stories of the first time they saw snow. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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This picture taken on Oct. 31, 2023, shows a man smoking a cigarette in Sundbyberg, near Stockholm, Sweden. The WHO has issued a new report on global tobacco use, finding rates are going down. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Muhammad Zaman, author of the book We Wait for a Miracle, in his lab at Boston University. Jackie Ricciardi/Boston University hide caption
Sunday
A demonstration at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in 2023. A perennial Davos topic is how to improve the lives of the world's poor. Markus Schreiber/AP hide caption
So far it's a grand decade for billionaires, says new report. As for the masses ...
Saturday
A street painting in Mumbai, India, reinforces the importance of masks amid a surge of COVID. The photo was taken on January 11. Indranil Aditya via Reuters Connect hide caption
Thursday
As the war between Hamas and Israel continues, Palestinian women and girls are often unable to find needed menstrual products â and even running water and toilets. Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images hide caption