Weekly Headlines (Excerpts)
1. Fate of the last female great auk is finally solved
DNA and historical sleuthing have traced the extinct bird’s remains to a museum in Ohio
3 Oct 2025 By Erik Stokstad
2. Jane Goodall, famed primatologist, changed the way we thought about apes
The scientist and conservationist made waves with her observations and advocacy
2 Oct 2025 By Michael Price
3. New radioactive isotope therapies promise more targeted attacks on cancer
Recent clinical successes, and profits, have prompted a rush among pharma companies to try new isotopes and targeting strategies
2 Oct 2025 By Robert F. Service
4. Neurons can communicate via hidden network of nanotubes, study finds
Tubes in mouse and human brains may also influence spread of brain disease
2 Oct 2025 By Catherine Offord
5. Could technology reduce fractures in racehorses?
AI promises advance warnings, and mathematical models point to a simple prevention strategy
2 Oct 2025 By Christa Lesté-Lasserre.
6. Wildfire smoke is charring your wine. This microbe could help
Bacteria already living on grapes can break down smoky chemicals that wreck flavor
1 Oct 2025 By Celina Zhao
7. Ancient DNA from horses slaughtered by Neanderthals sheds light on equine evolution
300,000-year-old genes are oldest ever recovered from open-air site
1 Oct 2025 By Andrew Curry
8. Insects aren’t ‘little robots’—so scientists are rethinking their welfare
Science chats with an entomologist and an expert in animal ethics who are monitoring how researchers report on the ethical treatment of insects
30 Sep 2025 By Phie Jacobs
9. Prehistoric camel art pointed to precious water sources in the Arabian Desert
Hunter-gatherers may have used the engravings to find water 12,000 years ago
30 Sep 2025 By Taylor Mitchell Brown
10. Mysterious will-o’-the-wisps ignited by microlightning
Electrical discharge from microscopic bubbles offers a new explanation for fleeting flames of folklore
29 Sep 2025 By Robert F. Service
11. Paleolithic painters had the blues
Two recent studies shine light on the earliest known artistic usages of blue pigment
29 Sep 2025 By Andrew Curry
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