Scientists have used a popular gene editing tool called CRISPR to snip out a tiny piece of DNA from one particular gene in a white button mushroom. The resulting mushroom doesn't brown when cut. Adam Fagen/Flickr hide caption
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A scans of the astrolabe reveal not only the emblems on its face (left) but also the degree markings (right) that would have aided sailors in navigation. University of Warwick hide caption
Mama celebrates her 50th birthday on May 3, 2007, with fruit and vegetables at the Burgers Zoo in Arnhem, Holland. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Climate Change Journalist Warns: 'Mother Nature Is Playing By Different Rules Now'
A truck passes by burgundy vineyards during the grape harvest season last month in Volnay, central France. Laurent Cipriani/AP hide caption
American astronaut Paul J. Weitz, right, with Joseph P. Kerwin, left and Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr., center. The crew of the first manned Skylab mission is shown in May 1973. AP hide caption
Hops internodes growing in a Petri dish in the SUNY Cobleskill biotech lab. Lela Nargi/For NPR hide caption
Screening for Type 2 diabetes involves a blood test, and if results are concerning a second test is recommended. ERproductions Ltd/Blend Images/Getty Images hide caption
The acknowledgements page of Stephen Hawking's doctoral thesis includes his certification that the paper is his own work. Cambridge University Libary hide caption
Scientists have used a new gene-editing technique to create pigs that can keep their bodies warmer, burning more fat to produce leaner meat. Infrared pictures of 6-month-old pigs taken at zero, two, and four hours after cold exposure show that the pigs' thermoregulation was improved after insertion of the new gene. The modified pigs are on the right side of the images. Zheng et al. / PNAS hide caption
CRISPR Bacon: Chinese Scientists Create Genetically Modified Low-Fat Pigs
NBC's "The Good Place" cast during the Aug. 2, 2016. press appearance (left to right): William Jackson Harper, Ted Danson, D'Arcy Carden, Kristen Bell, Jameela Jamil, Manny Jacinto. NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images hide caption
Want to get smarter? Brain training games don't seem to help with that. Maskot/Getty Images hide caption
Lindsay Cristides, a master's student in oceanography at Texas A&M; University, anchors a research vessel in the Houston Ship Channel before taking samples of sediment left behind by Hurricane Harvey floods. The samples will be tested for contaminants including heavy metals. Rebecca Hersher/NPR hide caption
Digging In The Mud To See What Toxic Substances Were Spread By Hurricane Harvey
A woman wearing a face mask walks on a street as Beijing is hit by polluted air and sandstorms on May 4. Andy Wong/AP hide caption
China Shuts Down Tens Of Thousands Of Factories In Unprecedented Pollution Crackdown
The Tianshan No. 1 glacier is melting fast, receding by at least 30 feet each year. Scientists warn that the glacier — the source of the Urumqi River, which more than 4 million people depend on — may disappear in the next 50 years. Rob Schmitz/NPR hide caption
'Impossible To Save': Scientists Are Watching China's Glaciers Disappear
The Orionid Meteor Shower in 2012, as seen in Bridgeport, Calif. Jeffrey Sullivan/Flickr hide caption
Gitanjali Rao, 11, says she was appalled by the drinking water crisis in Flint, Mich. — so she designed a device to test for lead faster. She was named "America's Top Young Scientist" on Tuesday at the 3M Innovation Center in St. Paul, Minn. Andy King/Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge hide caption
The old advice seems to hold true: Drinking lots of water helps prevent urinary tract infections. Nawarit Rittiyotee/EyeEm/Getty Images hide caption
D.C. Master Patrol Officer Benjamin Fettering shows a body camera worn in place of a normal radio microphone before a news conference in 2014. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Body Cam Study Shows No Effect On Police Use Of Force Or Citizen Complaints
Fresh fish fillets for sale in a display case. Concerns over animal welfare have led to changes in recent years in raising livestock. But seafood has been missing from the conversation. One group aims to change that. kali9/Getty Images hide caption