A student looks back at his mother, as he is vaccinated at a school-based COVID-19 vaccination clinic for students 12 and older in San Pedro, Calif., last month. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
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A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars, by Hakeem Oluseyi and Joshua Horwitz Ballantine Books hide caption
A mobile COVID-19 vaccination center in Bolton, U.K., sends a message earlier this month. Variants that were first found in various places are wreaking havoc on the global fight to control this coronavirus. Peter Byrne/PA Images via Getty Images hide caption
U.S. President Joe Biden (left) speaks as Vice President Kamala Harris (right) listens during an event in the South Court Auditorium of the White House. President Biden spoke on the COVID-19 response and the vaccination program announcing new incentives including free beer, free childcare and free sports tickets to push Americans to get vaccinated before July 4th. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Manatees are large marine mammals native to Florida that spend their time grazing on sea grass in shallow coastal areas. Since January, recorded manatee deaths have been nearly triple that of the same period for each of the past five years. Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images hide caption
As Seagrass Habitats Decline, Florida Manatees Are Dying Of Starvation
A few years ago Cleveland linked climate policy and social equity. Now the Ohio city is hoping to use federal funding to help achieve its climate action goals. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption
The White House Wants To Fight Climate Change And Help People. Cleveland Led The Way
Sea cucumbers have one of the more interesting — and multifunctional — anuses in the animal kingdom. Comstock Images/Getty Images hide caption
Photographer Taylor Lockwood found the rare mushroom Hypocreopsis rhododendri growing in the United States, a discovery that delighted scientists and mushroom devotees. Taylor F. Lockwoood hide caption
Reconstructions from the Daynès Studio in Paris depict a male Neanderthal (right) face to face with a human, Homo sapiens. Science Source hide caption
The COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly difficult for unpaid caregivers, with many reporting symptoms of stress, anxiety, and depression. Portra Images via Getty Images hide caption
Unpaid Caregivers Were Already Struggling. It's Only Gotten Worse During The Pandemic
Washington State Department of Agriculture entomologist Chris Looney displays a dead Asian giant hornet, a sample sent from Japan and brought in for research last year in Blaine, Wash. Elaine Thompson /AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A teen gets a dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine last month at Holtz Children's Hospital in Miami. Nearly 7 million U.S. teens and preteens (ages 12 through 17) have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine so far, the CDC says. Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Security personnel stand guard outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during the Feb. 3 visit of the World Health Organization team investigating the origins of the SARS-CoV-2, the virus that triggered a pandemic. Hector Retamal /AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Unproven Lab Leak Theory Brings Pressure On China To Share Info. But It May Backfire
British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee is selling the source code for the World Wide Web as an NFT. Here, Berners-Lee delivers a speech during an event at the CERN in Meyrin near Geneva, Switzerland. Fabrice Coffrini/AP hide caption
Kayla Northam's weight topped 300 pounds as a teenager. She'd started to develop diabetes, and liver and joint problems before seeking bariatric surgery about a decade ago at age 18. Kayla Northam hide caption
Bariatric Surgery Works, But Isn't Offered To Most Teens Who Have Severe Obesity
Deja Perkins is an urban ecologist, bird watcher, and an organizer of Black Birders Week. Deja Perkins hide caption
5 Ways To Stop Summer Colds From Making The Rounds In Your Family
There are over 7,000 known languages spoken by people around the world. Olga Klimentyeva / EyeEm/Getty Images/EyeEm Premium hide caption
'I'm Willing To Fight For It': Learning A Second Language As An Adult
Janelia's cafeteria, which was noisy and crowded in pre-pandemic times, now operates a contactless takeout system. Sarah Silbiger for NPR hide caption
It's Personal: Zoom'd Out Workplace Ready For Face-To-Face Conversations To Return
Solid research has found the vaccines authorized for use against COVID-19 to be safe and effective. But some anti-vaccine activists are mischaracterizing government data to imply the jabs are dangerous. Matt Slocum/AP hide caption
Anti-Vaccine Activists Use A Federal Database To Spread Fear About COVID Vaccines
A monarch butterfly flies to Joe Pye weed, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, in Freeport, Maine. Rapid development and climate change are escalating the rates of species loss, according to the United Nations. Robert F. Bukaty/AP hide caption