Weekly Headlines (Excerpts)

1. Culture literally changes how we see the world

Where city dwellers see rectangles, people who live in round huts see circles

 20 Jun 2025  By Nala Rogers 

2. Always ‘one atom away’: The long, rocky journey to an HIV prevention breakthrough

Developing lenacapavir, the drug newly approved to protect against HIV for six months in one shot, took basic science, sophisticated chemistry, and perseverance

 20 Jun 2025  By Jon Cohen 

3. No sour faces: How birds evolved to eat highly acidic fruits

Genetic mutations more than 20 million years ago helped birds tolerate the tart and broaden their diets

 19 Jun 2025  By Nazeefa Ahmed 

4. New approach enables body to engineer its own cells to fight cancer or autoimmunity

Injections of mRNA may offer a simpler, cheaper way to build powerful CAR-T cells

 19 Jun 2025  By Mitch Leslie 

5. This giant, all-seeing telescope is set to revolutionize astronomy

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will build an unprecedented map of the universe—and discover billions of fast-changing objects

 18 Jun 2025  By Daniel Clery 

6. This moth makes its epic migration navigating by starlight

Bogong moths fly 1000 kilometers orienting to stars and the Milky Way, an ability never seen before in invertebrates

 18 Jun 2025  By Joshua Soko 

7. Sharks may use an unexpected organ to fight microbial invaders

The pancreas, which helps control blood sugar in humans, may be critical part of shark immune system

 17 Jun 2025  By Mitch Leslie 

8. ‘Truly amazing’: Octopuses ‘taste’ harmful microbes with their suckers

Unique ability allows the animals to protect themselves and their offspring from decaying food and other material

 17 Jun 2025  By Sara Reardon 

9. Evidence of massive dinosaur mating ritual uncovered in Colorado

Drone imagery reveals ancient arena where Tyrannosaurus rex– or ostrichlike dinos may have wooed mates

 16 Jun 2025  By Taylor Mitchell Brown 

10. Radio bursts reveal universe’s ‘missing matter’

Mystery signals used to locate gases in the spaces between galaxies

 16 Jun 2025  By Daniel Clery