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
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