A sign from the Environmental Protection Agency posted in front of West Calumet Housing Complex houses in East Chicago, Ind. Tae-Gyun Kim/AP hide caption
Must Reads : The Two-Way Some stories are just too weird, too funny or too sad to ignore. They may not be "serious news," but are so fascinating you must read them. NPR correspondents are on the watch for such tales. We pass along the best, from NPR and other news outlets.
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Wednesday
Hurricanes Lester, Madeline and Gaston (from left to right) are seen from the International Space Station on Aug. 30. NASA Johnson YouTube/NASA composite hide caption
Monday
Professor John Kappelman with 3-D printed replications of Lucy's bones. Marsha Miller/University of Texas, Austin hide caption
Actor Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory in 1971. Wilder died Monday at 83. Silver Screen Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Sunday
Five members of the Jouriyeh family, who are Syrian refugees headed to the U.S. from Jordan this week as part of a resettlement program. Raad Adayleh/AP hide caption
Saturday
People at leisure watch boats taking part in the sixth race of the Skutsjesilen competition, a traditional boat race of sailing yachts from several Frisian cities, in Elahuizen, on August 5. Siese Veenstra/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Wednesday
A pneumatic network, in red, is embedded within the octobot's entirely soft body and elastic arms, in blue. Ryan Truby, Michael Wehner, and Lori Sanders/Harvard University hide caption
This photo shows conjoined twins born in Syria on July 23, waiting for lifesaving surgery. Arrangements weren't made in time and the twins died on Wednesday. Courtesty of Syrian American Medical Society hide caption
An artist's depiction of the surface of the planet Proxima b as it orbits the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our solar system. The planet is a bit more massive than Earth, scientists say, and circles its star once every 11 days. ESO/M. Kornmesser/Nature hide caption
This Planet Just Outside Our Solar System Is 'Potentially Habitable'
Tuesday
Paleoartist Peter Schouten's reconstruction of Microleo attenboroughi prowling along the branches of rain forest trees in search of prey. Peter Schouten/Courtesy of the University of New South Wales hide caption
The so-called Voynich Manuscript, a small unassuming book usually stored in a Yale University vault, is one of the most mysterious books in the world. A small publishing house in northern Spain has finally secured the right to replicate the document. Cesar Manso/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Former corrections officer Robert Fletcher says he bought this painting from artist Peter Doig in 1976. Bartlow Gallery LTD hide caption
Artist Peter Doig Says He Didn't Paint This, And A Judge Agrees
Sunday
In a 2005 photo, George Curry sits in a classroom at Howard University in Washington. Kevin Wolf/AP hide caption
Daniel Stover, 17, moves a boat of personal belongings from a friend's flooded home in Sorrento, La., on Saturday. Max Becherer/AP hide caption