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Bark beetle larvae grip the ground with their claws in order to build up energy to accomplish their acrobatics. Adrian Smith/Matt Shipman hide caption
Simone Biles has a rival — a tiny bark beetle (but it can't stick the landing)
Céline Vidal uncovering the ash layer above Omo 1 remains at Omo-Kibish. Christine Lane hide caption
A prehistoric eruption has helped recalibrate our timeline of human origins in Africa
Rosie Brennan of the United States competes in a Tour de Ski, women's 10-kilometer freestyle, interval start cross-country ski event, in Dobbiaco (Toblach), Italy, on Jan. 5, 2021. She is planning to compete at the Beijing Winter Olympics next month. Alessandro Trovati/AP hide caption
This German snowman wears a protective mask over its banana nose and mouth, but experts say the risk of catching COVID outdoors is slim. Peter Kneffel hide caption
The Tonga volcano on December 24 2021 as seen from a satellite. The eruption turned explosive, in what nuclear monitors say was the biggest bang they've ever recorded. Maxar hide caption
People wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk on a street lined with bars and restaurants in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2022. Koji Sasahara/AP File Photo hide caption
Fighting Bias In Space: When There's A New Telescope, Who Gets To Use It?
MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), depicted above in yellow and surrounded by cellular debris, is a staph bacterium that resists treatment by many common antibiotics. The image is from a scanning electron micrograph. NIH/NAID/IMAGE.FR/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption
This stock image shows a baby and father playing at home. New research finds that babies judge the relationship between two people by whether or not they willingly share saliva. freemixer/Getty Images hide caption
Even babies and toddlers know that swapping saliva is a sure sign of love
"By bringing archaeological perspectives to an active space domain, we're the first to show how people adapt their behavior to a completely new environment," Associate Professor Justin Walsh of Chapman University said of the experiment. NASA hide caption
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses a post-Cabinet press conference at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. Mark Mitchell/AP hide caption
People wait in line to test for COVID-19 on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, in Long Beach, Calif. Ashley Landis/AP hide caption
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A resident receives a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a health center in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Jan. 13. This week, Indonesia started a program to give booster shots to the elderly and people at risk of severe disease. Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
It took about a decade to get the Ku'ia Solar plant in Lahaina, Maui up and running. Hawaii's utility commissioners hope that new "performance-based regulation" will better incentivize the monopoly utility to get solar plants like this onto the grid more quickly. Julia Simon for NPR hide caption
The island of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai as imaged by the satellite company Maxar on Jan. 6 (left) and Jan. 18 (right). It was obliterated in a volcanic eruption that scientists estimate was 10 megatons in size. Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies hide caption
This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows an overview of Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai volcano in Tonga on Jan. 6, 2022, before a huge undersea volcanic eruption. AP hide caption
One of Pacific Gas and Electric's Diablo Canyon Power Plant's nuclear reactors is photographed on Nov. 3, 2008, in Avila Beach, Calif. Michael Mariant/AP File Photo hide caption
In their research, Andrea Ford and Giulia De Togni found that period tracking app users valued the control over their personal health the apps enabled. Most users they spoke with see the commodification of their personal data as a tradeoff they're forced to make. Ana Maria Serrano/Getty Images hide caption
An employee of Sotheby's Dubai presents a 555.55 Carat Black Diamond called "The Enigma" on Monday that will be auctioned at Sotheby's Dubai gallery, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Kamran Jebreili/AP hide caption
A bald eagle takes flight from a sandbar with its meal in its talons off of Brunswick, Maine, along the New Meadows River, on Aug. 22, 2011. Pat Wellenbach/AP hide caption
This colorized transmission electron micrograph image shows SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes the disease COVID-19. This specimen was isolated from a patient in the United States. Particles of the virus (yellow) are emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab (pink). Science Source hide caption
Picture of a sign warning about the presence of hippos in a neighborhood in Colombia, near the Hacienda Napoles theme park, once the private zoo of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP via Getty Images hide caption