Science

A long, slow-moving trail of light created by a Blue Ghost firefly is visible late Saturday, June 22, 2024, near Cincinnati. Fireflies produce a chemical reaction inside their bodies, allowing them to light up. This type of light production is called bioluminescence. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

An Airbus A321-253 XLR flies, at the Farnborough International Air Show in Farnborough, England, Monday, July 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

FILE - Lab staff use a microscope stand and articulated hand controls to extract cells from 1-7 day old embryos, shown on the monitor at right, that are then checked for viability at the Aspire Houston Fertility Institute in vitro fertilization lab Feb. 27, 2024, in Houston. According to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, relatively few Americans fully endorse the idea that a fertilized egg should have the same rights as a pregnant woman. But a significant share – 46% -- say it describes their views at least somewhat well. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, File)

Stack Overflow CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar poses on May 21, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. Chandrasekar said the company is trying to balance rising demand for instant chatbot-generated coding assistance with the desire for a community "knowledge base" where people still want to post and "get recognized" for what they've contributed. (AP Photo/Matt O'Brien)

FILE - Workers continue to build rows of solar panels at a Mesquite Solar 1 facility under construction in Arlington, Ariz., Sept. 30, 2011. One of President Joe Biden's signature laws aimed to invigorate renewable energy manufacturing in the U.S. It will also helped a solar panel company reap billions of dollars. Arizona-based First Solar is one of the biggest early winners from the Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act, offering a textbook case of how the inside influence game works in Washington.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

A female periodical cicada makes slits in a tender branch with the egg-laying appendage called an ovipositor at Morton Arboretum on Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Lisle, Ill. The slits are to create egg nests that serve as the nursery for the cicada's developing eggs. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

In a May 24, 2011 photo, Sam Shaya, 4, of Metairie, La, makes his way to another vantage point as he watches Mississippi River waters pour through the Bonnet Carre Spillway structure in St. Charles Parrish, La. The spillway diverts water from the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain. (AP Photo/The Times Picayune, David Grunfeld)

Adrian Perkins sits for a portrait in his office in Chicago, Thursday, June 13, 2024. When Perkins was running for reelection as mayor of Shreveport, La., in 2022, a satirical TV commercial, paid for by a rival political action committee, used artificial intelligence to depict Perkins as a high school student who had been called into the principal’s office. Although the ad was labeled as being created with "deep learning computer technology," he didn’t have enough money or campaign staff to counteract it, and thinks it was one of many reasons he lost the race. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

A general view shows an entrance to the Pantex Plant, Friday, March 1, 2024, in Panhandle, Texas.

A man wearing a mask walks at the Lycabettus hill as the city of Athens is seen at the background, on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. The Acropolis and other Athens landmarks took on Martian hues Tuesday as stifling dust clouds blown across the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa engulfed the Greek capital. AP PHOTO / PETROS GIANNAKOURIS

The moon partially covers the sun during a total solar eclipse, as seen from Mazatlan, Mexico, Monday, April 8, 2024. AP PHOTO / FERNANDO LLANO

In this image taken from a video provided by the Richmond Wildlife Center, Executive Director and founder Melissa Stanley wears a fox mask as she feeds an orphaned red fox kit, March 10, 2024, in Richmond, Va. Stanley said the mask creates a visual barrier to prevent animals from imprinting on humans.