Weekly Headlines (Excerpts)
1. How poop-eating beetles evolved to eat rotting flesh
Analysis of thousands of fossils pushes back change in beetles’ diets by more than 37 million years
17 Oct 2025 By Taylor Mitchell Brown
2. Bull’s-eye! Static electricity pulls worm through air to its insect victim
Electrostatic charges may help roundworms infect a wide variety of hosts
17 Oct 2025 By Jason P. Dinh
3. Common research monkey is endangered, conservation group confirms
Listing could affect availability for biomedical studies
17 Oct 2025 By Dennis Normile
4. These stinkbugs coat their eggs in fungi to protect them from parasitic wasps
An unusual relationship could shed light on how insects choose their partners
16 Oct 2025 By Erik Stokstad
5. On an Arctic archipelago, frozen soil may preserve a hidden history of viruses
Scientists are hunting for ancient RNA in Svalbard’s permafrost, hoping to shed light on the evolution of viral diseases
16 Oct 2025 By Kai Kupferschmidt
6. Ancient sea turtle discovered in Lebanon reveals a surprising evolutionary history
Oldest known sea turtle soft tissues could help reveal how a variety of vertebrates adapted to ocean living
16 Oct 2025 By Jake Buehler
7. Poisonous sacs helped toads conquer the world
Iconic amphibians took an unexpected path across the globe, study finds—with toxins as a “game changer”
15 Oct 2025 By Phie Jacobs
8. Did lead poisoning doom Neanderthals?
Modern humans’ tolerance for the toxic metal may have helped them outcompete our closest evolutionary cousins
15 Oct 2025 By Michael Price
9. An ancient cousin to humans probably built tools with its huge hands
New fossils reveal Paranthropus had massive yet dexterous hands
15 Oct 2025 By Ann Gibbons
10. Chicago’s beloved ‘rat hole’ was actually made by a squirrel
Scientists reopen the case of “splatatouille”
14 Oct 2025 By Celina Zhao
11. Ancient chewing gum could reveal how early men and women split up their chores
Birch bark tar, used as chewing gum and glue, provides rare window into life 6000 years ago
14 Oct 2025 By Celina Zhao
12. DNA from rum-soaked fishes chronicles century of environmental change
Museum specimens collected during a 1907 marine expedition reveal loss of genetic diversity in the Philippines
13 Oct 2025 By Erik Stokstad
13. Economics Nobel celebrates researchers who showed how science and technology drive growth
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt explained why the past 2 centuries have seen sustained economic growth rather than stagnation
13 Oct 2025 By Cathleen O’Grady
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