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This photomicrograph depicts Leishmania donovani parasites contained within a canine bone marrow cell. One of the more dangerous of 20 different species of Leishmania, L. donovani is endemic to parts of India, Africa, and South-West Asia. Dr. Francis W. Chandler/CDC hide caption
A doctor reviews a PET brain scan at Banner Alzheimer's Institute in Phoenix. The drug company Biogen Inc. says it will seek federal approval for a medicine to treat early Alzheimer's disease. The announcement was a surprise because the company stopped two studies of aducanumab in 2019 after partial results suggested it was not working. Matt York/AP hide caption
Warmer temperatures are leading to emptier reservoirs across the West, such as Lake Oroville in Northern California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Not Just Wildfire: The Growing Ripple Effects Of More Extreme Heat And Drought
An illustration shows a pair of adult tyrannosaurs and their young living in the Arctic during the Cretaceous Period. James Havens /Courtesy University of Alaska Fairbanks hide caption
A New Study Suggests Dinosaurs Might Not Have Been As Cold-Blooded As We Thought
Hurricane Irma damaged homes in the Florida Keys in 2017. A new study finds buildings in the contiguous U.S. are concentrated in disaster-prone areas. Matt McClain/AP hide caption
More Than Half Of U.S. Buildings Are In Places Prone To Disaster, Study Finds
Lines mark previous water levels at the Hoover Dam on Lake Mead in Boulder City, Nevada, U.S., on Wednesday, June 16, 2021. The reservoir level at the Hoover Dam has plunged to its lowest since it was first filled in the 1930s. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
In this handout from NASA, the Hubble Space Telescope is grappled to Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-125 by the shuttle's Canadian-built remote manipulator system May 13, 2009 in Space. NASA/Getty Images hide caption
A teenager enters a pop-up COVID-19 vaccine site this month in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens in New York City. Scott Heins/Getty Images hide caption
Cleveland's Tree Coalition has set an ambitious goal. It wants to plant hundreds of thousands of trees over the next two decades. So far, though, the city's tree canopy is still shrinking. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption
Bringing Back Trees To 'Forest City's' Redlined Areas Helps Residents And The Climate
An illustrated view of the Earth moving around our sun, and the stars that have the right vantage point to view that transit — if anyone's out there looking. OpenSpace/American Museum of Natural History hide caption
Alien Planet-Hunters In Hundreds Of Nearby Star Systems Could Spot Earth
In 1983, space shuttle Challenger and the STS-7 crew launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. With the launch, Mission Specialist Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space. NASA hide caption
President Biden directed the intelligence agencies to look for evidence of an accident at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (pictured) that could have lead to the spread of the coronavirus. Many scientists still think its more likely the virus came from the wild. Hector Retamal /AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Unproven Lab Leak Theory Puts Pressure On China — But It May Backfire
June's full moon, known as the strawberry moon, was named for its appearance during the strawberry picking season. Here, the strawberry moon rises above the Apollo Temple in ancient Corinth, on June 17, 2019. Valerie Gache/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A student looks back at his mother, as he is vaccinated at a school-based COVID-19 vaccination clinic for students 12 and older in San Pedro, Calif., last month. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, warned on Tuesday of the danger from the Delta variant of the coronavirus. Among those not yet vaccinated, Delta may trigger serious illness in more people than other variants do. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
Fauci Warns Dangerous Delta Variant Is The Greatest Threat To U.S. COVID Efforts
A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars, by Hakeem Oluseyi and Joshua Horwitz Ballantine Books hide caption
U.S. President Joe Biden (left) speaks as Vice President Kamala Harris (right) listens during an event in the South Court Auditorium of the White House. President Biden spoke on the COVID-19 response and the vaccination program announcing new incentives including free beer, free childcare and free sports tickets to push Americans to get vaccinated before July 4th. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
COVID-19 Vaccines, Boosters And The Renaissance In Vaccine Technology
A sign warns of extreme heat danger last week at the Badwater Basin in Death Valley, Calif. Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Manatees are large marine mammals native to Florida that spend their time grazing on sea grass in shallow coastal areas. Since January, recorded manatee deaths have been nearly triple that of the same period for each of the past five years. Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images hide caption