Scientists have built an enormous atlas of the human brain that could help them chart a path toward preventing and treating many different neurological disorders. imaginima/Getty images hide caption

The Key deer was one of the first species protected under the Endangered Species Act. Like 99% of the other species that have gotten protection from the landmark law, the Key deer has avoided extinction because of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption

In the night sky of northern Lebanon, two meteors of the annual Orionid meteor shower streak as they cross through the Milky Way. IBRAHIM CHALHOUB/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Scientists are using AI to design synthetic proteins with hopes it will speed up the discovery process. Ian C Haydon/ UW Institute for Protein Design hide caption

During the marine heat wave this summer, Ian Enochs, the lead researcher for the Coral Program at NOAA, inspected the corals at Cheeca Rocks, off the Florida coast. NOAA hide caption

Two brown bears fish for salmon. They are bulking up in preparation for hibernation. N. Boaka/via Katmai National Park & Preserve hide caption

A visualization of the accretion disk around a black hole. Jeremy Schnittman / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center hide caption