Weekly Headlines (Excerpts)
1. Simple solar device extracts ammonia from wastewater
Technique could provide cheap fertilizer and prevent harmful nutrient runoff
1 Aug 2025 By Robert F. Service
2. Blood taken from Danish babies ended up in huge genetic study—without consent
The iPsych project, which investigates the genetics of psychiatric disorders, has sent 140,000 opt-out notices amid backlash
1 Aug 2025 By Annika Inampudi
3. Our ape ancestors’ taste for fermenting fruit may have paved a boozy evolutionary path
Eating fallen fruit—or “scrumping”—plays a bigger part in many apes’ diets than scientists realized
31 Jul 2025 By Bridget Alex
4. Thank ketchup for your French fries
Interbreeding with tomatoes 9 million years ago gave potatoes the genes to develop tubers
31 Jul 2025 By Erik Stokstad
5. These ancient tattoos show the work of a master and apprentice
A mummy’s inked skin sheds light on the history of body art
30 Jul 2025 By Andrew Curry
6. Hidden features of volcano ‘lava bombs’ caught on video
Slow-motion footage helps scientists predict flight paths of molten projectiles
30 Jul 2025 By Mark DeGraff
7. Beavers are poised to invade and radically remake the Arctic
A warming climate is enabling rodents to move north
30 Jul 2025 By Warren Cornwall
8. Early universe’s ‘little red dots’ may be black hole stars
Puzzling objects spotted by NASA’s JWST telescope may be entirely new class of celestial entity
29 Jul 2025 By Daniel Clery
9. Giant virus with record-long tail discovered in Pacific Ocean
Infecting marine plankton, the pathogen may use its extreme appendage to enter host cells
29 Jul 2025 By Nazeefa Ahmed
10. Peacock feathers can be lasers
Tail feathers can emit narrow beams of light, a first in the animal kingdom
28 Jul 2025 By Rachel Berkowitz
11. Genomewide study makes ‘quantum leap’ in understanding stuttering
Analysis of DNA from 23andMe users points to variants in genes linked to brain function and sense of rhythm
28 Jul 2025 By Nazeefa Ahmed
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