A Football-Shaped Animal Species Is Discovered In A 500-Million-Year-Old Shale The Titanokorys gainesi, which is now extinct, was a 1 1/2-foot-long sea animal — gigantic for its time — with a large protective shell over its head, a toothed mouth and a pair of spiny claws. Joe Hernandez
Mochica, One Of The World's Oldest Penguins, Dies At 31 The flightless bird with an outsize persona personally greeted thousands of guests in his lifetime and was said to prefer the company of humans over his fellow penguins. Joe Hernandez
Enough With The Climate Jargon: Scientists Aim For Clearer Messages On Global Warming People are likely to be confused by common terms such as "mitigation" and "carbon neutral," according to a recent study. How can scientists do a better job communicating about global warming? Rebecca Hersher
Satellite Images Show Oil Spill After Hurricane Ida NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with scientist Dr. Oscar Garcia-Pineda about what he's learned from aerial and satellite imaging for oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Ida. Karen Zamora
NASA Helicopter Has Been Zipping About On Mars, Paving The Way For Drone Exploration NASA's Ingenuity helicopter has spent the summer circling around on Mars. Its success has been called an "extra terrestrial Wright Brother's moment" and has opened the door to otherworldly aviation. Geoff Brumfiel
Why Hurricane Ida Hit The Northeast So Hard, 1,000 Miles Away From Its Landfall The right mix of weather conditions combined to create extreme rainfall over New York and surrounding areas. Once extremely rare, storms like this may become the norm as the climate warms. Bill Chappell
NYC's Subway Flooding Isn't A Fluke. It's The Reality For Cities In A Warming World Underground trains are incredibly susceptible to flooding from climate-driven extreme rain and sea level rise. Cities around the world are racing to adapt their transit systems. Rebecca Hersher
How Climate Change Is Fueling Hurricanes Like Ida Hurricane Ida rapidly gained strength right before it hit Louisiana this weekend. Abnormally hot water in the Gulf of Mexico acted as fuel for the storm. Rebecca Hersher
Space Travel Is Taking Off, But Companies Also Want To Sell Things From Outer Space Who owns the moon? Space travel is getting easier and cheaper and now companies and NASA are trying to establish a market for things from outer space. Stacey Vanek Smith
Johnson & Johnson Says A Booster Shot For Its Vaccine May Have Big Benefits The company said that when study participants were given a second jab after six months, their antibody levels were nine times higher than they were 28 days after a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Rob Stein