Weekly Headlines (excerpts)

1. Horse remains found near Buckingham Palace reveal birthplace of jousting steeds

Chemical traces in animals’ teeth suggest some came from hundreds of kilometers away

BY ANDREW CURRY 22 MAR 2024

2. Ancient brains, cannibal birds, and more stories you might have missed this week

A roundup of some of our favorite items from the Science Adviser daily newsletter

BY PHIE JACOBS 22 MAR 2024

3. Can new drugs stop a deadly set of brain-eating diseases?

One treatment that would knock out prion proteins before they go bad is facing its first big test

BY MEREDITH WADMAN 21 MAR 2024

4. RNA deserves its own massive counterpart to the human genome project, researchers argue

U.S. report lays out an ambitious plan to harness the “RNome” for medicine and more—but funding is uncertain

BY ELIZABETH PENNISI 21 MAR 2024

5. Number of known moonquakes tripled with discovery in Apollo archive

Within 22,000 new strikes are dozens of mysterious quakes concentrated in the north

BY PAUL VOOSEN 20 MAR 2024

6.  Pressure grows to ditch controversial forced swim test in rodent studies of depression

Scientists are searching for more precise ways to gauge the effects of psychiatric drugs on animals

BY SARA REARDON 20 MAR 2024

7. ‘Jelly in the skull’: Ancient brains are preserved more often than you think

A former undertaker says some thousands-year-old brains could be a valuable scientific resource—and perhaps reveal clues to our past

BY ANDREW CURRY 19 MAR 2024

8. Can quantum tech give telescopes sharper vision?

Quantum memories and networks could help combine light from widely separated mirrors

BY DANIEL CLERY 19 MAR 2024

9. Possible TikTok ban has U.S. science communicators on edge

Advocates say platform provides free education to broad audience, as well as critical revenue stream

BY SEAN CUMMINGS 19 MAR 2024

10. Scientists in Antarctica track ‘baffling’ virus that could decimate penguins and other polar animals

The flu strain has killed few seabirds on southern continent so far, but there is grave concern for the next breeding season

BY ERIK STOKSTAD 18 MAR 2024

11. NASA’s x-ray telescope faces a long goodbye

Layoffs loom as budget slashed for the Chandra X-Ray Observatory

BY DANIEL CLERY 18 MAR 2024

12. West Virginia opens the door to teaching intelligent design

Governor poised to sign bill allowing teachers to discuss antievolutionary “theories”

BY JEFFREY MERVIS 18 MAR 2024