Weekly Headlines (excerpts)

1. Half-million-year-old ‘Lincoln Logs’ may be first wood structure made by ancient humans
By Phie Jacobs | Wed, 20 Sep 2023

2. Ancient Amazonians created mysterious ‘dark earth’ on purpose
By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega | Wed, 20 Sep 2023

3. Worms with spider genes spin silk tougher than bulletproof Kevlar
By Katherine Bourzac | Wed, 20 Sep 2023

4. South Korea, a science spending champion, proposes cutbacks
By Dennis Normile | Tue, 19 Sep 2023

5. Can ancient irrigation canals water thirsty crops in Morocco today?
By Zoe H. Robbin | Tue, 19 Sep 2023

6. ‘Surprising and super cool.’ Quantum algorithm offers faster way to hack internet encryption
By Anna Kramer | Tue, 19 Sep 2023

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7. RNA recovered from Tasmanian tiger—a first for extinct animal
By Christie Wilcox | Wed, 20 Sep 2023

A List of Partial Titles for This Week in Science Journal

ICY MOONS 

A source of CO₂ within Europa

Keith T. Smith

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[10.1126/science.adg4270]

ARCHAEOLOGY 

Sequestering carbon in ancient Amazonia

Mark Aldenderfer

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[10.1126/sciadv.adh8499]

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 

Initiating DNA replication in animals

Di Jiang

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[10.1126/science.adi3448]