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Protesters against masks, vaccines and vaccine passports march outside the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta in 2021.

How the CDC could change under the next Trump administration

If the new administration embraces proposals to cut the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's budget and its mission, the public health agency could look very different than it does today.

Scientists found that the little windows in the heart cockle shells stream more than twice as much useful sunlight into their interiors for their algal tenants than harmful UV radiation.

What a mollusc shell and fiber optic cables have in common

A heart cockle shell has been found to let in light through a design that resembles fiber optic cables. This could inspire everything from helping coral survive to designing new camera lenses.

Fishermen from the Vezo community have become "ocean monitors." Above: They're diving around a coral reef in Madagascar's Barren Isles to collect data that can be used to assess ocean health and improve conservation efforts.

Photos: Fishermen, known as 'Sea Nomads,' dive to protect ocean life in Madagascar

They make their living off the sea, but their catch is dwindling. So these traditional fisherfolk are taking steps to preserve both sea life — and their livelihood.

This image, taken from NASA video, shows the Boeing Starliner capsule coming down through the darkness over New Mexico.

With no crew aboard, spacecraft Starliner lands without a hitch

The spacecraft landed in New Mexico early Saturday morning leaving two astronauts behind on the International Space Station. The crew members will return to earth in February aboard a SpaceX craft.

TJ, 35, and Nicole, 41, came to Chimp Haven from the Alamogordo Primate Facility in New Mexico 2018. Another group is expected to arrive from New Mexico in the coming months.

Frail chimps headed from New Mexico to Louisiana sanctuary

About two dozen chimpanzees deemed too feeble to be moved a few years ago will be going to Chimp Haven after all. The NIH said originally they'd be kept in New Mexico for their own safety.

From left to right: Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Jeremy Hansen and Christina Koch settle in inside the Orion spacecraft mockup.

Meet the astronauts preparing to travel farther from Earth than any human before

This time next year, NASA plans to send its first crewed mission to the moon in more than 50 years. NPR visited the facility to find out how astronauts are preparing for this high stakes exploration.

Demis Hassabis, CEO of DeepMind Technologies, speaks at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, Calif., Tuesday, May 14, 2024.

Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to scientists for work on proteins

The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for their work with proteins. The awards continue with the literature prize on Thursday.

A supporter holds up a sign as Vice President Harris concedes the presidential election during a speech at Howard University in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 6.

'Black women are tired.' Harris' loss has some organizers reexamining their coalitions

After Kamala Harris lost the chance to become the first Black female president, many Black women political organizers say they are exhausted and taking a little break from politics.

"I love cooking for people I love," Ina Garten says. "And the cooking is just the medium; the thing that I care about is the connection."

Ina Garten shares her secret for a great dinner party: 6 people and a round table

"I like when everybody's knees are almost touching and it feels very intimate," the Barefoot Contessa host says. Garten's new memoir is Be Ready When the Luck Happens.

A deep sea shark and several eels are attracted to bait placed at the summit of the Cook seamount, as seen from the Pisces V submersible during a dive to the previously unexplored seamount off the coast of Hawaii's Big Island on Sept. 6, 2016.

Scientists may have discovered 'dark oxygen' being created without photosynthesis

It has long been understood that photosynthesis creates oxygen, but researchers believe they've found oxygen being created in parts of the ocean with no light.

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