Weekly Headlines（excerpts）
1. ‘Cocaine sharks’ found in waters off Brazil
Sharpnose sharks may or may not eat drifting bales of coke, but a positive drug test highlights risk of pollution
BY ERIK STOKSTAD 19 JUL 2024
2. In a first, botanists vote to remove offensive plant names from hundreds of species
An international body has voted to make the change and to further consider the ethics of scientific names
BY RODRIGO PÉREZ ORTEGA, ERIK STOKSTAD 18 JUL 2024
3. More than 1 trillion microbes live inside the average tree trunk
Healthy wood contains vast numbers of bacteria, archaea, and fungi that might lead to ways to protect trees
BY ERIK STOKSTAD 18 JUL 2024
4. By killing a lunar rover, NASA puts commercial delivery program on notice
Planetary scientists shocked by cancellation of VIPER, which would have hunted for water at Moon’s south pole
BY PAUL VOOSEN 18 JUL 2024
5. News at a glance: A precise atomic clock, a close asteroid flyby, and flood-resistant rebuilding
The latest in science and policy
BY SCIENCE NEWS STAFF 18 JUL 2024
6. This CEO aims to revolutionize cancer-killing isotope production—and fusion power
Nuclear engineer Greg Piefer hopes better neutron sources will help his company dominate the multibillon-dollar medical isotope market—and pay for fusion research
BY ADRIAN CHO 18 JUL 2024
7. Common blood thinners could combat cobra venom
Already approved drugs could be given after a bite to prevent limb damage and amputation in people, animal studies suggest
BY HUMBERTO BASILIO 18 JUL 2024
8. These microscopic animals fight off infection using genes ‘stolen’ from bacteria
Compounds made by bdelloid rotifers could hold clues to better antibiotics for humans
BY PHIE JACOBS 18 JUL 2024
9. Two Pompeii victims survived the first wave of the eruption. Then, an earthquake hit
Painstaking analysis of a newly excavated room in Pompeii, Italy, reveals devastating earthquakes accompanied the volcanic eruption
BY ALEX EPSHTEIN 18 JUL 2024
10. Colombian museum housing scientifically important fossils may close
Researchers voice their support for the Natural History Museum of La Tatacoa
BY RODRIGO PÉREZ ORTEGA 17 JUL 2024
11. Critical to forecasting monsoons, broken Indian Ocean monitoring system set to be resurrected
Mostly inoperable since 2020, moored sensors are key to understanding global climate patterns
BY VAISHNAVI CHANDRASHEKHAR 17 JUL 2024
12. Watch the world’s tiniest solar-powered robot take flight
Powered by a novel propulsion system, researchers hope the palm-size robot will help monitor remote disasters and link telecommunications systems
BY VIVIAN LA 17 JUL 2024
13. Warming oceans are pushing harmful algal blooms into polar waters
Alaska’s Bering Strait was hit by an unprecedented bloom of toxic organisms, which cause paralytic shellfish poisoning, in 2022
BY MEGAN GANNON 16 JUL 2024
14. Loss of India’s vultures may have led to deaths of half a million people
Find could offer lessons for conserving key species in other places
BY VIVIAN LA 15 JUL 2024
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