Weekly Headlines (excerpts)

1. Science funding agencies say no to using AI for peer review
By Jocelyn Kaiser | Fri, 14 Jul 2023 

2. Genetically edited wood could make paper more sustainable

By Robert F. Service | Thu, 13 Jul 2023 

3. Can AI chatbots replace human subjects in behavioral experiments?
By Matthew Hutson | Thu, 13 Jul 2023 

4. ‘Win-win-win’ strategy reduces dangerous parasite infections in African villages
By Kai Kupferschmidt | Wed, 12 Jul 2023 

5. Paint like an Egyptian: X-rays reveal creative process behind ancient tomb art

By Tanvi Dutta Gupta | Wed, 12 Jul 2023 

6. Saber-toothed cats and dire wolves suffered from joint pain like modern pets
By Celina Zhao | Wed, 12 Jul 2023 

7. Massive lava outburst may have led to Snowball Earth
By Maya Wei-Haas | Wed, 12 Jul 2023 

8. Urban birds repurpose antibird spikes to craft imposing nests
By Molly Rains | Wed, 12 Jul 2023

9. Watch this AI design a protein in seconds
By Robert F. Service | Tue, 11 Jul 2023 

10. Humans will trade pain for useless information

By Phie Jacobs | Tue, 11 Jul 2023 

11. India aims to invigorate science with hefty new funding agency
By Pratik Pawar | Tue, 11 Jul 2023 

12. Pond mud proposed as Anthropocene’s ‘golden spike,’ defining human-altered geological age

By Paul Voosen | Tue, 11 Jul 2023 

13. Our brains may process silence and sounds the same way

By Claudia López Lloreda | Mon, 10 Jul 2023