Weekly Headlines (Excerpts)

1. Clearest ever images of Sun’s corona reveal ‘raindrops’ of dancing plasma

New system yields sharp views of the Sun’s mysterious outer atmosphere

 30 MAY 2025  BY PHIE JACOBS 

2. Will your car hit that deer? Depends on your headlight bulbs—and the deer’s personality

Halogen bulbs more reliably catch deer’s attention, but whether the animals flee or freeze comes down to individual temperament

 30 MAY 2025  BY CHRISTA LESTÉ-LASSERRE 

3. Ocean simulation game reveals how seals navigate underwater

Unusual setup shows how the animals get their bearings in deep ocean

 29 MAY 2025  BY JENNA AHART 

4. Leprosy was an American scourge long before Europeans arrived

Scientists find DNA from an enigmatic bacterium in 1000-year-old skeletons

 29 MAY 2025  BY MICHAEL PRICE 

5. Can gene-edited pigs solve the organ transplant shortage?

With clinical trials imminent, hopes are rising high for the long-struggling field of xenotransplantation

 29 MAY 2025  BY JON COHEN 

6. Watch a robot play badminton against human players

Advanced training lets a four-legged robot learn to move around the court with ease

 28 MAY 2025  BY JENNA AHART 

7. Bedbugs may be the first urban pest

A new study of the insects’ genomes traces their success back to early civilization

 27 MAY 2025  BY RODRIGO PÉREZ ORTEGA 

8. This weapon was made from a whale carcass nearly 20,000 years ago

Study pushes back human use of whale bones more than 1000 years

 27 MAY 2025  BY ALEXA ROBLES-GIL