Washington DC’s Smithsonian National Zoo debuted a pair of pandas on loan from China for what length of time?

What European country occupied by Germany during World War II marked the 80th Anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp in an event attended by survivors and world leaders?

An organization that lists the world’s vulnerable historic sites included historic sites on what celestial body for the first time?

The rare plant known for its smelly bloom every seven to ten years, is known as what flower?

What military alliance is patrolling the Baltic Sea in Europe to protect vulnerable undersea internet and electricity cables that have recently been damaged in anchor dragging incidents?

What city in the Democratic of the Congo was taken over by militants this week, in a battle for control of the mineral rich eastern province?

Home to the Mona Lisa, the last time the Louvre Museum had a major renovation was during what decade?

This week we learned that our bodies make mucus to help us fight infections when we are sick, and the color of that mucus can be determined by a buildup of what kind of infection fighting cells?

Scientists have discovered that asteroid samples contain many of the chemical building blocks of life, including the fundamental components of what genetic molecule?