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
A lot of predictions were made about COVID's social impact. How did they hold up?
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
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
States look to regulate weed alternatives like delta-8 as sales explode
The delicious but endangered sea creature is getting the best help Aquilino can offer. Chad Campbell hide caption
Behind this locked door is the white abalone's best chance of avoiding extinction
The Biden administration plans to offer updated booster shots in the fall. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Summer boosters for people under 50 shelved in favor of updated boosters in the fall
These hurricane flood maps reveal the climate future for Miami, NYC and D.C.
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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