Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson, Ariz., is managed by a consortium of universities and the National Science Foundation. VisionsofAmerica/Joe Sohm/Getty Images/Photodisc hide caption
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Friday
For decades, editors at MIT Technology Review have set themselves the annual challenge of trying to predict which emerging technologies will be the most impactful that year. This year's list includes the Vera Rubin Telescope, a supplement to make cows burp less and generative AI search. Ari Liloan/MIT Technology Review hide caption
Generative AI and other innovations topping MIT Technology Review's 2025 list
Tigers are visible at the Ranthambore National Park in Sawai Madhopur, India. Satyajeet Singh Rathore/AP hide caption
A man takes a picture of his wife with Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont, in the background in New Plymouth, New Zealand. Dita Alangkara/AP hide caption
Wednesday
A lump of chewed up crinoid fragments from 66 million years ago is now at a museum in Denmark. Sten Lennart Jakobsen/East Zealand Museum hide caption
The U.S. conducts some of its most sensitive nuclear weapons research in a laboratory deep underground in Nevada. NPR was recently given a tour. National Nuclear Security Administration/Nevada National Security Site hide caption
How the U.S. determines whether its nuclear weapons still work properly
High winds and dry vegetation set the stage for the explosive wildfires in Los Angeles. Scientists are finding that climate change fueled some of the extreme conditions. PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption
Depending on who you ask, farts are funny. Silly. Smelly. Rude. But could they also be useful ... for science? CSA-Archive/Getty Images hide caption
The EPA's acting director let go of members of two of the agency's influential advisory committees on Tuesday. In an email, James Payne said they could reapply for their positions. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
This image made from a NASA live stream shows NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore during a press conference from the International Space Station on Sept. 13, 2024. On Tuesday, President Trump said he asked Elon Musk and SpaceX to "go get" the astronauts who have been on the I.S.S. since June after their original weeklong test flight on Boeing's troubled Starliner capsule has been extended. AP/NASA hide caption
Yoko the baby swell shark was born on Jan. 3, some eight months after her egg was discovered in a tank with that only housed other female sharks. Morgan Nix/Shreveport Aquarium hide caption
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there have been 67 confirmed human cases of the H5 bird flu since the 2024 outbreak began. Finley Delouche/Getty Images hide caption
Monday
With funding from the National Science Foundation and other government grants, scientists and meteorologists from the Center for Severe Weather Research study a storm in Oklahoma in 2017. They get close to supercell storms and tornadoes to better understand their formation and improve prediction. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
A rhesus macaque looks on from the quarantine room of a future animal shelter in Nogent-le-Phaye near Chartres, France, in 2019. Jean-Francois Monier/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The last of the escaped South Carolina lab monkeys have been recovered - Mix 1
Night hikers standing in the Patuxent River State Park. The illuminated sheet behind them is lit by mercury vapor lamps, to attract moths. Duncan Coltharp hide caption