Weekly Headlines (Excerpts)
1. Antiviral drug abandoned by pharma shows promise against dengue
A daily pill can prevent the crippling disease, but its maker won’t bring it to market
28 NOV 2025 BY GRETCHEN VOGEL
2. Artificial ‘nose’ tells people when certain smells are present
Technology that uses a less known sensory system to substitute for olfaction could one day help anosmic people detect some odors
26 NOV 2025 BY CATHERINE OFFORD
3. ‘Superarm’ helps male octopuses deliver sperm to females
Specialized appendage responds to female sex hormones, allowing males to find sex organs in the dark
26 NOV 2025 BY ERIK STOKSTAD
4. A puzzling, 3.4-million-year-old fossil foot belonged to a contemporary of the famed Lucy
Identity of the toe bones and other fossils could shake up the human family tree
26 NOV 2025 BY ANN GIBBONS
5. Love practically makes these birds go blind
Unusually obstructive plumage compromises the vision of two types of pheasants—a first in birds
25 NOV 2025 BY SOUMYA SAGAR
6. Vampire bats may have contracted H5N1 bird flu in Peru, raising worries about further spread
Bats could form a bridge between marine and terrestrial mammals, scientists say
25 NOV 2025 BY MARTIN ENSERINK
7. Popular obesity drug fails in hotly anticipated Alzheimer’s trials
The studies may still hold clues to the powers and limits of GLP-1 drugs
24 NOV 2025 BY JENNIE ERIN SMITH
8. New vapor tool fights mosquitoes by slowly releasing insecticide in homes. Will it catch on?
World Health Organization supports “spatial repellents” to prevent malaria, but it’s unclear who will pay for them
24 NOV 2025 BY KAI KUPFERSCHMIDT
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