Weekly Headlines (Excerpts)
1.These small African antelopes may help mpox spread
Researchers find evidence that duikers, hunted and eaten across sub-Saharan Africa, can harbor the deadly virus
27 Mar 2026 By Kai Kupferschmidt
2. Two years after it emerged, ‘cow flu’ is still circulating—and baffling scientists
Researchers still aren’t sure how H5N1 influenza spreads between cows and from farm to farm
27 Mar 2026 By Jon Cohen
3. ‘Milestone’ research method measures gene activity across whole mice
New way to analyze frozen tissue slices could reveal bodywide effects of drugs, diseases
27 Mar 2026 By Catherine Offord
Scientists spot first example of suction feeding in the avian world
27 Mar 2026 By Erik Stokstad
5. Jupiter’s weather forecast: cloudy with a chance of nukes
The planet’s lightning storms can unleash the force of multiple nuclear weapons every minute
27 Mar 2026 By Robin George Andrews
6. Abnormal behaviors in lab monkeys may reflect a lifetime of stressful experiences
Pacing and hair pulling may develop after multiple experiments, years of relative isolation, and more
26 Mar 2026 By Jack Tamisiea
7. ‘Resurrection plants’ bounce back after years of drought. Do they hold lessons for crops?
Plant biologist Jill Farrant hopes “desiccation-tolerant” species can teach her how to make crops more resilient
26 Mar 2026 By Martin Enserink
8. Unprecedented footage shows sperm whales joining forces to help a newborn calf
Cetaceans from different families take turns lifting baby whale to surface to breathe
26 Mar 2026 By Perri Thaler
9. Long-standing volcanic eruption theory might be backward
Eruptions could be triggered when bubbles vanish into magma—not when they burst out
26 Mar 2026 By Hannah Richter
10. NASA revives next-generation flagship Earth-observing missions
“Falcon” and “Eagle” will monitor changing clouds and map critical minerals
25 Mar 2026 By Paul Voosen
11. Hormone linked to morning sickness may help reduce alcohol intake
GDF15, which is thought to contribute to nausea during pregnancy, may keep our drinking in check, researchers propose
20 Mar 2026 By Catherine Offord
12. Hot things can freeze faster than cool ones. Now, this paradox has gone quantum
Unified theory explains Mpemba effect from ice cream to atoms—with implications for faster quantum computing
25 Mar 2026 By Zack Savitsky
13. World’s oldest dog identified at ancient hunter-gatherer site
Bones of 15,800-year-old puppy push confirmed origin of our canine companions back nearly 5000 years
25 Mar 2026 By David Grimm
14. Genes from giant viruses help polar algae survive frigid waters and harsh sunlight
A prior infection may create lasting, beneficial evolutionary change in these hardy microbes
25 Mar 2026 By Amanda Heidt
15. NASA plans to send a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars in 2028
Spacecraft would release helicopters to explore martian surface
24 Mar 2026 By Paul Voosen
16. Dueling AI agents could reveal keys to restoring consciousness
A new study probes consciousness with models that simulate and classify brain activity. A neuroscientist behind the work explains its ambitions
24 Mar 2026 By Jennie Erin Smith
17. Neanderthals survived on a knife’s edge for 350,000 years
A pair of studies illuminates these humans’ long, hardscrabble existence
23 Mar 2026 By Andrew Curry
18. AI algorithms can become ‘agents of chaos’
Given autonomous control of other software, programs shared private medical details and deleted files without permission
23 Mar 2026 By Jeffrey Brainard
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