Pink Floyd, a flamingo on the lam from a Kansas zoo since 2005, is seen again in Texas A video posted by the Coastal Fisheries Division of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department shows the fugitive flamingo wading into Cox Bay about 120 miles southwest of Houston. Joe Hernandez
Sleeping in a room even a little bit of light can hurt a person's health, study shows Turn out the lights for a good night of sleep: this seems like common sense, but many Americans don't actually follow it. New research shows it doesn't take much light at night to hurt our health. Will Stone
In 'Biohacked' podcast, at-home genetics tests rewrite family history NPR's Danielle Kutrzleben speaks with T.J. Raphael and Amber Van Moessner, the team behind the podcast Biohacked: Family Secrets, which puts a spotlight on the donor conception industry.
Epidemiologist answers questions about the infectious omicron BA.2 variant NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks with Harvard epidemiologist Bill Hanage about the BA.2 COVID-19 variant and how people should be thinking about yet another new phase of the pandemic.
Steven Johnson: The Past, Present, and Future of the Human Life Span In the last century, human life expectancy has doubled. This hour, we talk with writer Steven Johnson on the many breakthroughs that made this possible — and where we go from here. Manoush Zomorodi
This trick keeps snakes from suffocating as they squeeze and swallow their prey How do boa constrictors breathe while constricting their victims? A new study finds that snakes can switch which set of ribs they use to draw in air as they crush their meal before devouring it. Nell Greenfieldboyce
Health insurance post-Roe, and a grassroots network of abortion funds Scientists have been working to develop an airy pizza dough without yeast. Researchers in Naples, Italy say they have achieved it using a process like the one used to produce carbonation in soda. Ari Daniel
There are more than 5,000 confirmed planets beyond our solar system, NASA says These so-called exoplanets include rocky worlds similar in size to Earth, gas giants larger than Jupiter and even"'mini-Neptunes." Joe Hernandez
NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket reaches the launch pad NASA's Artemis 1 rocket, the Space Launch System, reached the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39B on Friday. The successor to the Apollo program could one day send humans back to the moon. Brendan Byrne
Elon Musk hints at a crewed mission to Mars in 2029 In 2016, Musk said that a "meaningful number of people" could reach the red planet in 10 years. Now, he seems to predict a crewed Mars landing in 2029. Rina Torchinsky
