An illustration of Qikiqtania wakei (center) in the water with its larger cousin, Tiktaalik roseae. Alex Boersma hide caption
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Mauna Kea is considered sacred to Native Hawaiians. It also happens to be ideal for observatories. Andrew Richard Hara/W. M. Keck Observatory hide caption
Researchers found that lunar pits and caves reach stable temperatures, making them potentially suitable for human life. Laurent Emmanuel/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Kyle Planck, who has recovered from a painful case of monkeypox, has joined advocacy groups and pleaded with elected officials to make the antiviral pills TPOXX more available. Yuki Iwamura/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Delta-8 products are set for testing at Virginia Commonwealth University's forensic science lab. These products come in different forms and packaging, many of which are designed to look like candies or cereal. Crixell Matthews/VPM News hide caption
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The Biden administration plans to offer updated booster shots in the fall. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
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Scientist and inventor James Lovelock poses with one of his early inventions, a homemade gas chromatography device, used for measuring gas and molecules present in the atmosphere, at a science museum in London. Nicholas.T.Ansell/PA via AP, file hide caption
Natural, organic, sea, white salt, poured from a fallen salt shaker, on a black table or background. The concept of cooking healthy food, cosmetology. Aleksandr Zubkov/Getty Images hide caption
Ernie Wright stands near the James Webb Space Telescope mirrors as they sit just outside the testing chamber in the x-ray calibration facility at MSFC. David Higginbotham/Getty Images hide caption