Weekly Headlines (Excerpts)
1. Could blocking ‘jumping genes’ help fight disease and aging?
The first clinical trials are testing inhibitors of transposons, DNA sequences that hop around the genome on their own
17 APR 2025 BY MITCH LESLIE
2. Toxic metals abound in soils worldwide, new global map reveals
An analysis combining nearly 800,000 soil measurements charts threats to agriculture and human health
17 APR 2025 BY ERIK STOKSTAD
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17 APR 2025 BY SCIENCE NEWS STAFF
4. Alien planet’s atmosphere bears chemical hints of life, astronomers claim
A study suggests a distant world has gases linked on Earth to algae, but others urge caution before invoking alien slime
17 APR 2025 BY DANIEL CLERY
5. Bizarre ‘Tatooine’ exoplanet orbits two failed stars at once
About 120 light-years from Earth, two brown dwarfs host a planet with a surprisingly sideways orbit
16 APR 2025 BY JENNA AHART
6. Companies seek a second obesity treatment revolution—in pill form
Smaller, more easily made drugs that target GLP-1 could treat obesity and diabetes with fewer side effects
15 APR 2025 BY RACHEL BRAZIL
7. Colossal squid filmed in its natural habitat for the first time
The enigmatic predator, the heaviest known invertebrate, had never been seen alive in deep water
15 APR 2025 BY ERIK STOKSTAD
New analysis of ancient DNA has been overshadowed by the controversy over de-extinction and genetically edited gray wolf pups
18 APR 2025 BY PHIE JACOBS
9. Chinese star catalog is the world’s oldest, astronomers claim
Novel computer analysis of records ascribed to legendary Chinese astrologer dates them to nearly 2400 years ago
18 APR 2025 BY JOSHUA SOKOL
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