Paleontologist Dany Azar holds up one of his treasures that he discovered in Lebanon in a piece of amber from the early Cretaceous: The oldest mosquito ever found.
Ari Daniel/For NPR
hide caption
Reconstruction of a Lokiceratops rangiformis being surprised by a crocodilian in the 78-million-year-old swamps that would have existed in what is now northern Montana.
Andrey Atuchin/Museum of Evolution
hide caption
Former President Donald Trump holds a press conference following the verdict in his hush-money trial at Trump Tower on May 31 in New York City.
Spencer Platt/Getty Images
hide caption
Lauren Hill, a graduate student at Cal State LA, holds a bird at the bird banding site at Bear Divide in the San Gabriel Mountains.
Grace Widyatmadja/NPR
hide caption
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a strong solar flare on May 8, 2024. The Wednesday solar flares kicked off the geomagnetic storm happening this weekend.
NASA/SDO
hide caption
Esther Nesbitt lost two of her children to drug overdoses, and her grandchildren are among more than 320,000 who lost parents in the overdose epidemic.
Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images
hide caption
A survey shows that doctors have trouble taking full vacations from their high-stress jobs. Even when they do, they often still do work on their time off.
Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images
hide caption
Weliton Menário Costa (center) holds a laptop while surrounded by dancers for his music video, "Kangaroo Time." From left: Faux Née Phish (Caitlin Winter), Holly Hazlewood, and Marina de Andrade.
Nic Vevers/ANU
hide caption
Researchers in a rainforest in Indonesia spotted an injury on the face of a male orangutan they named Rakus. They were stunned to watch him treat his wound with a medicinal plant.
Armas/Suaq Project
hide caption
The federal government says it has taken steps toward developing a vaccine to protect against bird flu should it become a threat to humans.
skodonnell/Getty Images
hide caption
This image shows a brain "assembloid" consisting of two connected brain "organoids." Scientists studying these structures have restored impaired brain cells in Timothy syndrome patients.
Pasca lab, Stanford University
hide caption
Katie Krimitsos is among the majority of American women who have trouble getting healthy sleep, according to a new Gallup survey. Krimitsos launched a podcast called Sleep Meditation for Women to offer some help.
Natalie Champa Jennings/Natalie Jennings, courtesy of Katie Krimitsos
hide caption
toggle caption
Natalie Champa Jennings/Natalie Jennings, courtesy of Katie Krimitsos