Weekly Headlines (Excerpts)
1. UV-C light kills nearly everything—except this unusual organism
Built-in Sun protection might be a blueprint for surviving in space
27 Jun 2025 By Hannah Richter
2. Japan’s new seafloor monitors could reveal how ‘slow slip’ earthquakes turn into big ones
Network could add 20 minutes of tsunami warning at dangerous Nankai Trough
26 Jun 2025 By Paul Voosen
3. Hundreds of hidden fossils reveal squids’ evolutionary origins
To uncover a trove of squid beaks, scientists first had to grind the fossils into dust
26 Jun 2025 By Phie Jacobs
4. Stone Age farmers’ househ olds passed from mother to daughter
Moms and daughters were at the center of the family in ancient Çatalhöyük, ancient DNA and archaeological evidence suggest
26 Jun 2025 By Andrew Curry
5. Global warming is triggering earthquakes in the Alps
Study provides first solid link between climate change and earthquake hazard
25 Jun 2025 By Paul Voosen
6. A mammoth boomerang returns new clues about early human toolmaking
New dates for a throwing weapon found in Poland reveal it as one of the earliest of its kind
25 Jun 2025 By Nazeefa Ahmed
7. Tumors may get supercharged by acquiring powerhouses of nerve cells
Scientists spot mitochondria traveling through “bridges” into nearby cancer cells
25 Jun 2025 By Mitch Leslie
8. Space telescope spies smallest alien world to be seen directly
NASA’s JWST observatory takes picture of young, Saturn-size world that grew by sweeping up debris
25 Jun 2025 By Daniel Clery
9. Africa’s embattled giraffe populations growing after years of decline
Still, several populations should be considered “endangered,” new report finds
25 Jun 2025 By Maina Waruru
10. DeepMind’s latest AI tool makes sense of changes in the human genome
By predicting the effects of genetic variants, AlphaGenome could boost synthetic biology and the search for cancer genes
25 Jun 2025 By Robert F. Service
11. These squirrels’ scaly tails help them climb slippery trees
The grippy appendages may help engineers design robots that can navigate dense forests
24 Jun 2025 By Annika Inampudi
12, How fast were dinosaurs? These mud-covered birds may show us
Researchers used live birds to test a 50-year-old way of estimating dino speeds from fossil footprints
24 Jun 2025 By Nazeefa Ahmed
13. A single shot of a flu drug could outperform vaccines—and protect for an entire season
One injection of a long-lasting drug showed up to 76% efficacy in a large trial
24 Jun 2025 By Jon Cohen
14. Mountain-dwelling animals may have a worse sense of smell
Poor olfaction could be an adaptation to frigid environments
24 Jun 2025 By Annika Inampudi
15. Roman gravestones hint that ancient economies still shape the present
A computer analysis of Latin inscriptions argues that economic complexity is “sticky” over time. Historians are skeptical
24 Jun 2025 By Elise Cutts
16. What scientists need to know about sharing—and protecting—their published work
With research papers becoming increasingly free to read and use, understanding open-access licenses is key
23 Jun 2025 By Jeffrey Brainard
17. Killer whales groom each other—with pieces of kelp
In a newly discovered form of social tool use, orcas scratch each other’s backs with seaweed
23 Jun 2025 By Annika Inampudi
18. Rubin observatory unveils first images taken with its giant mirror and camera
Pictures are a prelude to a transformative, all-sky survey set to begin in months
23 Jun 2025 By Daniel Clery
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