Weekly Headlines (Excerpts)
1. Stalagmites reveal devastating droughts that helped spur Maya breakdown
Series of droughts chronicled in cave rocks likely pushed civilization to breaking point
29 Aug 2025 By Taylor Mitchell Brown
2. Has a huge blob of dark matter been found in our galactic neighborhood?
If confirmed, vast cloud could test predictions about the Milky Way’s hidden architecture
29 Aug 2025 By Daniel Clery
3. AI enters the grant game, picking winners
Funders test algorithms to spot promising science, raising hopes of faster reviews—and fears of bias
29 Aug 2025 By Siddhant Pusdekar
4. Mammoths in Mexico? Huge bone trove reveals giant beasts thrived in warmth, too
Fossils found while building airport contain first mammoth DNA from tropical location
28 Aug 2025 By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega
5. Erin Brockovich toxic metal detected in air after LA fires
The unusually tiny particles of hexavalent chromium could pose a health hazard despite low levels, researchers say
28 Aug 2025 By Warren Cornwall
New report recommends improved education and genetic counseling alongside NCAA’s mandated screening
27 Aug 2025 By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega
7. Remembering Rainer Weiss, inventor of the gravitational wave detector
Beloved physicist sketched out the concept that would lead to one of the biggest discoveries in physics and astronomy
27 Aug 2025 By Adrian Cho
8. Glow-in-the-dark particles let succulents shine in the dark
New technique lets popular houseplants glow for a little while—without genetic engineering
27 Aug 2025 By Erik Stokstad
9. Study shows how the human pelvis was reshaped for upright walking
Comparisons of pelvic development in human and primate embryos reveals key steps in human evolution
27 Aug 2025 By Colin Barras
10. Here’s how the first proteins might have assembled, sparking life
RNA could have helped amino acids join up without preexisting protein machinery, lab study suggests
27 Aug 2025 By Robert F. Service
11. New look at 1755 quake, Europe’s largest ever, may foretell Atlantic ‘ring of fire’
Analysis suggests Earth’s mantle is peeling from the crust in the eastern Atlantic, a possible sign of the ocean’s eventual closure
27 Aug 2025 By Evan Howell
12. Deep-sea worms fight poison with poison to survive in hydrothermal vents
Combining arsenic and sulfide in skin cells forms a less toxic mineral—and turns the animals bright yellow
26 Aug 2025 By Phie Jacobs
13. Bats may mistake wind turbines for open sky, causing deadly collisions
Study may help explain why giant blades kill millions of the animals every year
26 Aug 2025 By Sachin Rawat
14. AI-generated scientific hypotheses lag human ones when put to the test
Machines still face hurdles in identifying fresh research paths, study suggests
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25 Aug 2025 By Jeffrey Brainard
15. In a first, pig lung survives and functions—briefly—in a person
Organ transplanted to brain-dead man lasts for more than a week before succumbing to an immune assault
25 Aug 2025 By Jon Cohen
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