EditorialNASA announced its new astronaut candidate class on Dec. 6, 2021. Photographed at Johnson Space Center in Houston on Dec. 3, 2021 they are, from left: Nichole Ayers, Christopher Williams, Luke Delaney, Jessica Wittner, Anil Menon, Marcos Berríos, Jack Hathaway, Christina Birch, Deniz Burnham and Andre Douglas. (Robert Markowitz/NASA via The New York Times)
EditorialA mix of aspen and birch leaves cover salmon bones at the edge of Skilak Lake in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, Sept. 25, 2021. (Christopher Miller/The New York Times)