The World Health Organization says more than 1,650 people have died from the current outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Al-hadji Kudra Maliro/AP hide caption
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The astronauts of Apollo 11 train in various simulations. NASA hide caption
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, shown here on Capitol Hill in April, announced last month that most staff from two USDA research agencies were being relocated to the Kansas City region. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Diver swimming over Elkhorn Coral in the Florida Keys. Elevated nutrients as well as elevated temperatures are causing a massive loss of this iconic branching species in Florida. JW Porter/University of Georgia hide caption
Florida's Corals Are Dying Off, But It's Not All Due To Climate Change, Study Says
Container ships and other maritime vessels currently run on pollutant-intensive heavy fuel oil. The world's largest container-shipping company, Maersk, has promised to make its operations zero carbon by 2050. Doing so will require using new fuels such as hydrogen. John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption
(Left) The Apollo 11 command and service modules are mated to the Saturn V lunar module adapter. (Right) The Apollo 11 spacecraft command module is loaded aboard a Super Guppy aircraft at Ellington Air Force Base for shipment to North American Rockwell Corp. NASA hide caption
VIDEO: Move Objects With Your Mind? We're Getting There, With The Help Of An Armband
Native Hawaiians have objected to construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope for years. On Monday, about 300 protesters arrived to block workers from accessing the site on a mountain believed to be sacred land. TMT via AP hide caption
Our voices convey so much more than just information. They can tell other people something essential about who we are. Angela Hsieh hide caption
Airplane passengers fly on a British plane in 1960. Travelers can often exhibit bizarre behaviors as a result of the conditions within the airplane cabin. Fox Photos/Getty Images hide caption
Astronaut Alan L. Bean holds a container filled with lunar soil collected during the extravehicular activity in which astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., commander, and Bean, lunar module pilot, participated. Charles Conrad Jr./NASA hide caption
Clouds from Tropical Storm Barry spin over downtown New Orleans on Saturday. The storm has been fueled by climate change, which is also exacerbating potential flooding. Matthew Hinton/AP hide caption
Dr. Mary Rice walks with Michael Howard at a Beth Israel Deaconess HealthCare clinic in Chealsea, Mass, as they test his oxygen levels with the addition of oxygen from a portable tank. He has COPD, a progressive lung disease that can be exacerbated by heat and humidity. Jesse Costa/WBUR hide caption
NASA's Advanced Rapid Imaging and Analysis team created this map, which shows surface displacement caused by the recent major earthquakes in Southern California. NASA/JPL-Caltech hide caption
Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss, by Margaret Renkl Milkweed hide caption
An Indian heavy rocket lifts off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The same site will launch India's latest lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, early next week. R. Parthibhan/AP hide caption
Just a modest reduction in daily caloric intake could have protective benefits for our hearts, new research shows. Sian Irvine/Getty Images/Dorling Kindersley hide caption
During one experiment, the poker bot Pluribus played against five professional players. It won. Facebook AI Research hide caption
Bet On The Bot: AI Beats The Professionals At 6-Player Texas Hold 'Em
A remote submersible surveys the wreck of the Komsomolets, roughly a mile beneath the surface of the Norwegian Sea. Ægir 6000/Institute of Marine Research Norway hide caption
Mussels bind to surfaces using byssus threads. Understanding how these threads work may help researchers address water contamination. Paul Kay/Getty Images hide caption
A street in Miami flooded during a high tide in 2018. A new report confirms that the number of days with high-tide flooding is increasing in many U.S. cities as sea levels rise. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption