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Friday

California Flats is a 2900 acre plot of land in central California that's covered in solar panels. The extra energy generated from all that solar flows straight into batteries right on site. Hearst Corporation, California Flats Solar-plus-Storage Project hide caption

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Thursday

Stella Davidsen Olsen, a musher in Greenland, helps guide her sled dogs to turn around and head back home. Grace Widyatmadja/NPR hide caption

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How Greenland's cherished sled dog tradition is threatened by climate change

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Katy Perry performs during the Super Bowl halftime show at University of Phoenix Stadium on Feb. 1, 2015, in Glendale, Ariz. Now she'll be in space but for real this time. Elsa/Getty Images hide caption

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Myra Solano Garcia in Upland, California, 2024. Garcia has been living with Alzheimer's disease and is taking one of the two approved drugs on the market to try to slow its symptoms. Zaydee Sanchez for NPR / @zaydee.s hide caption

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Wednesday

A close-up view of the wooly devil, a new species and genus identified in Big Bend National Park in Texas. D. Manley/National Park Service hide caption

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This artist's concept depicts NASA's Lunar Trailblazer in lunar orbit about 60 miles from the surface of the moon. The spacecraft weighs 440 lbs and is 11.5 feet wide when its solar panels are fully deployed. NASA JPL / Lockheed Martin Space hide caption

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Lunar Trailblazer sets out to find water on the moon

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Ken and Susan Bell, September, 2024 in St. Charles, Mo. Michael B. Thomas/NPR/@miketphotog hide caption

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One woman's experience with the Alzheimer's drug Leqembi

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At the center of this image made by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is a very young and powerful pulsar, known as PSR B1509-58, or B1509 for short. NASA/CXC/SAO/P.Slane, et al. hide caption

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Tuesday

This image made available by University of Hawaii's asteroid impact alert system shows the motion of asteroid 2024 YR4 over about one hour, Dec. 27, 2024. AP/ATLAS / University of Hawaii / NASA hide caption

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Biochemists Herbert Boyer (UCSF) and Paul Berg (Stanford) at a conference at Asilomar, February 26, 1975. San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst N/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images/Hearst Newspapers hide caption

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An aerial view shows the long-depleted Colorado River (L) as it flows between California (R) and Arizona, and an irrigation ditch (R) carrying river water toward Quechan tribal land on May 26, 2023 near Winterhaven, Calif. Mario Tama/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption

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President Trump freezing funds for Colorado River conservation efforts

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Monday

Anesthesia can be administered through a mask while patients undergo surgery. czardases/Getty Images hide caption

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What happens to your body when you're under anesthesia?

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Friday

Mice may exhibit revival-like behaviors to help unconscious cage mates. Georgejason/Getty Images/iStockphoto hide caption

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Lab mice will try to revive their knocked-out friends, study reveals

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