Weekly Headlines (Excerpts)
1. Why do some moms have more boys than girls—or vice versa? New study provides clues
Researchers find that certain genetic variants and mother’s age may have an impact on the sex of her children
18 JUL 2025 BY NAZEEFA AHMED
2. A new kind of telescope is set to search for mysterious fast radio bursts
Radio telescopes usually have giant dishes, but not these all-sky antenna arrays
18 JUL 2025 BY DENNIS NORMILE
3. How a string of deadly shark attacks made a remote island a hub of lifesaving research
After 11 deaths, Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean became a center for shark attack science
17 JUL 2025 BY ALEXA ROBLES-GIL
4. Google alerts offer quick, cheap earthquake warnings
In 3 years, system embedded in Android phones sent warnings to millions of users in 98 countries
17 JUL 2025 BY NAZEEFA AHMED
5. New transplant techniques keep organ donors’ hearts healthy—even after they stop beating
Strategies for preserving the heart after circulation stops could avoid ethical concerns and enable more transplants
16 JUL 2025 BY PHIE JACOBS
6. A mushroom that escaped from kitchens could be harming North American wildlife
The golden oyster mushroom has gone rogue, displacing n
ative fungi that live in dead trees
16 JUL 2025 BY ERIK STOKSTAD
7. Meet the diabetes researcher behind Barbie’s new pink (insulin) pumps
New line of dolls aims to help children with type 1 diabetes feel more included
16 JUL 2025 BY JON COHEN
8. Molecular fossils offer first glimpse of how life survived Snowball Earth
Overlooked rock samples from 640 million years ago record microbes hanging on beneath frozen oceans
15 JUL 2025 BY ELISE CUTTS
9. Majority of fruit fly immunity studies can be replicated, huge analysis finds
Verification of 50 years of data bolsters immunology research, but identifies “suspicious” papers that don’t hold up
15 JUL 2025 BY CATHLEEN O’GRADY
10. Ancient human ancestor emerges from sunken Southeast Asian landmass
Submerged fossils are revealing long-held secrets from a region known as Sundaland
15 JUL 2025 BY TAYLOR MITCHELL BROWN
11. New study blames diet, not physical inactivity, for obesity crisis
But some scientists warn the research, which compared energy burned across populations, can’t reveal the epidemic’s causes
14 JUL 2025 BY CATHERINE OFFORD
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