Weekly Headlines (Excerpts)
1. ‘Things keep evolving into anteaters.’ Odd animals arose at least 12 separate times
Findings speak to the dramatic impact ants and termites can have on mammalian evolution
25 Jul 2025 By Jake Buehler
2. This trilobite fossil became ancient Roman bling
It’s the first example of this common fossil found in the ancient Roman world
24 Jul 2025 By Taylor Mitchell Brown
3. Fifteen years later, Science retracts ‘arsenic life’ paper despite study authors’ protests
Belated decision on widely disputed 2010 study pleases some critics but puzzles and dismays others
24 Jul 2025 By Catherine Offord
4. Three ancient human relatives once shared the same valley. Did they meet—and compete?
The world’s greatest concentration of ancestral human remains, in South Africa, poses a 2-million-year-old riddle of coexistence
24 Jul 2025 By Ann Gibbons
5. Cheap drug could fight malaria by spoiling mosquitoes’ blood meal
Field study in Kenya suggests innovative strategy has promise—but some researchers question its viability
23 Jul 2025 By Kai Kupferschmidt
6. Songbirds play optical tricks to make their feather colors‘pop’
Concealed black or white bands on feathers boost the vibrancy of bird plumage
23 Jul 2025 By Nazeefa Ahmed
7. Most of Earth’s critical underground fungus is unprotected
First global map of mushrooms that form beneficial relationships with plant roots reveals 90% live outside of conservation areas
23 Jul 2025 By Humberto Basilio
8. Controversial ‘gene-drive’ strategy could make mosquitoes hostile to malaria parasites
New approach aims to reduce disease transmission by quickly spreading a gene variant that occurs naturally in some mosquitoes
23 Jul 2025 By Mitch Leslie
9. This scientist advises the U.K. government on climate policy—and it has to hear him out
As Piers Forster steps down as chair of the influential Climate Change Committee, he chats with Science about his role in guiding the country toward decarbonization
23 Jul 2025 By Cathleen O’Grady
Rising levels of the potent greenhouse gas prompt “delicate” steps into new kind of geoengineering
22 Jul 2025 By Paul Voosen
11. In‘blow to the environment,’ EPA begins to dismantle its research office
Extensive layoffs could have wide-ranging impacts on conservation and human health
22 Jul 2025 By Erik Stokstad
12. Can portable headsets peer into the minds of hunter-gatherers and other understudied populations?
Science chats with health economist Shailender Swaminathan about how compact EEGs could reveal the impact of culture and environment on the brain
22 Jul 2025 By Siddhant Pusdekar
13. Watch an earthquake split a hillside in two
Footage of massive Myanmar temblor provides the first video evidence of earthquake ruptures
22 Jul 2025 By Hannah Richter
14. Engineers transform dental floss into needle-free vaccine
New method places inactivated viruses directly into mice’s gums
22 Jul 2025 By Annika Inampudi
15. Octopuses fall for the ‘rubber arm’ illusion, just like us
Experiment shows octopuses feel body ownership, a trait previously seen only in mammals
21 Jul 2025 By Jasmin Galvan
16. Insect X-Men: Helmets help these odd bugs sense electric fields
Ability may help treehoppers distinguish friend from foe
21 Jul 2025 By Erik Stokstad
17. Storing hydrogen in oil-like liquid could allow easy transport in trucks and ships
Cheap catalyst could improve global access to costly green fuel
21 Jul 2025 By Robert F. Service
18. Betelgeuse’s long-predicted stellar companion may have been found at last
Small star could crash into red supergiant in the next 10,000 years
21 Jul 2025 By Daniel Clery
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