Women from a traditional sea-harvesting community fish in Mozambique. Michael D. Kock/Nature hide caption
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This is where the Burning Brigade was housed. The apparatus in the middle is not the original, but ones like it were used as ramps so that the bodies could be stacked high and set alight. All the pits at Ponar were originally dug by the Russians to store fuel. Ezra Wolfinger for Nova hide caption
HeLa cells, commonly used in research, were derived from cervical cancer cells taken in 1951 from Henrietta Lacks without her permission. Science Source hide caption
The Joint European Torus, a European fusion project in the U.K., gets most of its funding from the EU. Brexit may change that, and the even larger ITER fusion project. EUROfusion hide caption
Moraine Park is a grassy valley inside Rocky Mountain National Park. Wes Lindamood/NPR hide caption
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Antikythera team members Nikolas Giannoulakis, Theotokis Theodoulou, and Brendan Foley inspect small finds from the shipwreck, while decompressing after a dive of 165 feet beneath the surface of the Mediterranean Sea in Greece. Brett Seymour/EUA/WHOI/ARGO hide caption
Ancient Shipwreck Off Greek Island Yields A Different Sort Of Treasure
Researchers have long known that exercise is good for the brain. An enzyme produced by muscles might help explain why. Monalyn Gracia/Corbis/VCG/Getty Images hide caption
A Protein That Moves From Muscle To Brain May Tie Exercise To Memory
The Text4Baby app sends free, periodic text messages in Spanish or English to pregnant women and new moms about prenatal care, labor and delivery, breastfeeding, developmental milestones and immunizations. Kristin Adair/NPR hide caption
Evacuations from the South Pole during the winter months are considered risky. Temperatures can drop below -70 degrees Fahrenheit. Jason Medley, National Science Foundation hide caption
Silicon Valley-based Impossible Foods has taken a high-tech approach to creating a plant-based burger that smells and tastes like real meat. At the company's headquarters in Redwood City, Calif., chef Traci Des Jardins served the Impossible Burger (pictured uncooked) with vegan mayo, Dijon mustard, mashed avocado, caramelized onions, chopped cornichon, tomato and lettuce on a pretzel bun. Maggie Carson Jurow hide caption
Chocolate bars from San Francisco-based Dandelion Chocolate. The company makes reports about its sourcing practices available to the public online. Courtesy of Dandelion Chocolate hide caption