Weekly Headlines (Excerpts)
1. Bird flu antibodies found in cow in the Netherlands, a first outside of U.S.
Dead cat led to discovery, but officials stress no further spread of H5N1 has been detected
23 JAN 2026 BY JON COHEN
2. ArXiv preprint server clamps down on AI slop
First-time posters to venerable platform now need an endorsement from an established author
23 JAN 2026 BY NICOLA JONES
3. Mysterious difference between Hawaiian volcanoes may reflect divide deep within Earth
Hot mantle plume could be split in two, might eventually produce separate island chains
23 JAN 2026 BY JAMES DINNEEN
4. Watch this smiling robot walk on water
Inflatable structures inspired by human bone help the contraption grow, shrink, and float
23 JAN 2026 BY PHIE JACOBS
5. Bee-hunting beetles are the first animals known to fake the smell of flowers
Study of parasitic blister beetles reveals a new form of chemical deception
23 JAN 2026 BY ERIK STOKSTAD
6. Falling space junk can be tracked from its sonic booms
Seismic stations can accurately map re-entering debris with high accuracy
22 JAN 2026 BY PERRI THALER
7. Hulking kangaroo ancestors could hop just like their nimble descendants
Fossils reveal these ancient footbones were robust enough to withstand the impacts of leaping locomotion
22 JAN 2026 BY CLAUDIA STEINER
8. Ice age Europeans imported tools from distant lands, perhaps as souvenirs
Mementos may have reinforced vast social networks during turbulent times
21 JAN 2026 BY ANDREW CURRY
9. Bizarre 400-million-year-old fossil was an unknown life form
Enigmatic organism known as Prototaxites cannot be fungus, new analysis finds
21 JAN 2026 BY ERIK STOKSTAD
10. Magnetically sensitive proteins could lead to new imaging tools and remote-controlled drugs
New study shows how engineered proteins can be tracked with an MRI-like approach
21 JAN 2026 BY ROBERT F. SERVICE
11. These ancient handprints may represent some of the world’s first rock art
Hand stencils from a Southeast Asian cave predate Neanderthal cave art from Europe
21 JAN 2026 BY MICHAEL PRICE
12. Spacecraft captures a solar flare as it builds into an explosive outburst
Europe’s Solar Orbiter is helping researchers understand what causes the Sun to blast out radiation and particles
21 JAN 2026 BY DANIEL CLERY
13. NASA is making last-ditch attempt to contact tumbling Mars orbiter
After 12 years studying the Red Planet’s atmosphere, MAVEN has gone perilously quiet
20 JAN 2026 BY HANNAH RICHTER
14. As Greenland loses ice, global sea levels will rise—and its own will fall
The island is rebounding from ice melt so fast that scientists are rethinking how Earth’s interior works
20 JAN 2026 BY EVAN HOWELL
15. No bull: This Austrian cow has learned to use tools
First evidence for tool use in cattle includes a skill previously seen only in humans and chimpanzees
19 JAN 2026 BY DAVID GRIMM
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