Weekly Headlines (Excerpts)
1. Mosquito-borne viral disease sweeping Indian Ocean islands
Safety issues with the only available vaccine complicates response to chikungunya
9 MAY 2025 BY MEREDITH WADMAN
2. Ancient mariners used this boat to crisscross Mesopotamian canals
Sediments deposited long ago reveal the vessel’s age
9 MAY 2025 BY ELISE CUTTS
3. Neanderthals made mysterious horse-hunting spears, new dates reveal
Ancient amino acids suggest German weapons are some 100,000 years younger than once thought
9 MAY 2025 BY ANDREW CURRY
4. Watch cuttlefish communicate—with enthusiastic gestures
By moving their arms, these smart cephalopods seem to send signals via visual cues and pressure waves
9 MAY 2025 BY CHRISTIE WILCOX
5. Chimpanzee drumming may give clues to the roots of rhythm
Behavior is more complex than scientists realized, could reveal origins of musicality
9 MAY 2025 BY RODRIGO PÉREZ ORTEGA
6. Herring had a spawning ‘culture.’ Overfishing obliterated it
Younger generations lost their way after older fish were killed
8 MAY 2025 BY ERIK STOKSTAD
7. Claim of alien life on distant world meets swift scientific pushback
“The simplest explanation is just that it’s kind of a boring planet like Neptune or Uranus”
8 MAY 2025 BY SHARMILA KUTHUNUR
8. AI predicted the next pope. Did it get it right?
Researchers use algorithms to study political factions within the Catholic Church
8 MAY 2025 BY SARA REARDON
9. Bronze Age leprosy hitched rides along ancient copper and pottery trade route
4000-year-old scarred jaws in Oman hub mark oldest cases outside South Asia
8 MAY 2025 BY CHRISTA LESTÉ-LASSERRE
10. Ambitious project to revive Louisiana coastline runs aground
Politics and environmental concerns imperil plans to divert the Mississippi River to build new land
7 MAY 2025 BY WARREN CORNWALL
11. Dangerous fungal spores can surf the stratosphere—and survive
Airborne device captures hitchhiking species from all over the world floating many kilometers above Earth’s surface
7 MAY 2025 BY ELISE CUTTS
12. Scientists ‘blow up’ brains 16 times their size to map neurons with superfine detail
Method—which uses a light microscope—offers a powerful, cost-effective alternative to electron microscopy
7 MAY 2025 BY RODRIGO PÉREZ ORTEGA
13. Meet a worm that can stretch like an accordion
Found off the coast of a Spanish estuary, worm can contract its body to one-fifth its original length
6 MAY 2025 BY RODRIGO PÉREZ ORTEGA
14. Psychoactive drugs found in mysterious temple may have helped ancient Peruvians cement power
2500-year-old hallucinogenic rituals may have allowed Chavín de Huántar elites to gain prestige and influence
5 MAY 2025 BY LIZZIE WADE
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