Weekly Headlines (excerpts)
1. A scientist asked to join the U.K. House of Lords—and got in
“I got one of those lovely phone calls,” evidence communication researcher Alexandra Freeman says about her surprise appointment
BY CATHLEEN O’GRADY 10 MAY 2024
2. NSF halts South Pole megaproject to probe infant cosmos’ growth spurt
Citing aging infrastructure at Antarctic base, agency declines to advance plan to build microwave telescope array
BY ADRIAN CHO 9 MAY 2024
3. Elephants know their audience. Watch them greet one another in the wild
Decoding the gestures the animals use when interacting with one another could help researchers better understand elephant communication
BY MADELINE REINSEL 9 MAY 2024
4. New U.S. AI network aims to make supercomputers available to more researchers
Pilot grants will help scientists train software to tackle societal problems
BY JEFFREY MERVIS 8 MAY 2024
5. Global effort aims to protect health and safety of human ‘guinea pigs’ in drug trials
Healthy volunteers—who usually join studies for money—deserve special attention, researchers say
BY MARTIN ENSERINK 8 MAY 2024
6. Brazil’s plan to lure 1000 expat scientists back home faces criticism
Money for new repatriation program would be better spent supporting researchers who stayed in Brazil, critics say
BY RODRIGO DE OLIVEIRA ANDRADE 8 MAY 2024
7. Meet the smallest animal known to spread seeds with its poop
The rough woodlouse is the smallest known animal to disperse seeds by eating and excreting them
BY GENNARO TOMMA 8 MAY 2024
8. Powerful new AI software maps virtually any protein interaction in minutes
Predicting how proteins bind to other molecules could revolutionize biochemistry, drug discovery
BY ROBERT F. SERVICE 8 MAY 2024
9. ‘Unqualified failure’ in polio vaccine policy left thousands of kids paralyzed
Well-intentioned decision to switch oral polio vaccines in 2016 backfired, new draft report says
BY LESLIE ROBERTS 7 MAY 2024
10. Parasites in these 200 old cans of salmon may spell good news for marine food webs
Researchers dissected a surprising data source and found a sign of ecosystem health
BY ASHLEY STIMPSON 7 MAY 2024
11. White House overhauls rules for risky pathogen studies
New policies for gain-of-function and “dual-use” research will cover broader swath of experiments
BY JOCELYN KAISER 7 MAY 2024
12. Could a newly discovered sperm whale ‘alphabet’ be deciphered by humans?
Discovery of potentially complex communication could reveal way to interpret what these marine mammals are saying—but not everyone is convinced
BY WARREN CORNWALL 7 MAY 2024
13. To combat cow flu outbreak, scientists plan to infect cattle with influenza in high-security labs
Novel effort comes as study finds key receptor for avian flu virus in udders
BY KAI KUPFERSCHMIDT 7 MAY 2024
14. Australia bets big on dark horse quantum computing technology
In AU$940 million deal, PsiQuantum will build “utility scale” facility to harness photons
BY ADRIAN CHO 6 MAY 2024
15. New animal dads often kill their stepchildren. These parrots adopt them instead
Green-rumped parrotlet stepfathers still get their DNA into the gene pool when they spare their adoptive chicks’ lives
BY VIRGINIA MORELL 6 MAY 2024
16. Hellish Venus may have lost its water quickly
Newly identified water-loss mechanism means planet may have had an ocean more recently
BY JONATHAN O’CALLAGHAN 6 MAY 2024
17. In medieval England, leprosy bounced between humans and squirrels
First reconstruction of leprotic bacterial genome from ancient animal remains sheds new light on its ecology
BY SEAN CUMMINGS 3 MAY 2024
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