Weekly Headlines (excerpts)

1. European Commission proposes loosening rules for gene-edited plants
By Erik Stokstad | Fri, 7 Jul 2023

2. The most outstanding leader of the Iberian Copper Age was a woman
By Celina Zhao | Thu, 6 Jul 2023

3. This amateur astronomer may be the world’s top supernova hunter
By Dennis Normile | Thu, 6 Jul 2023

4. Half-billion-year-old sea squirt could push back origins of vertebrates, including humans
By Amanda Heidt | Thu, 6 Jul 2023

5. NIH defunds Colombian research facility that allegedly abused monkeys
By Phie Jacobs | Thu, 6 Jul 2023

6. Measurement of electron’s ‘shape’ dims hopes for discovery of new particles
By Adrian Cho | Thu, 6 Jul 2023

7. Extra chromosomes—long a mystery in tumors—may help them grow
By Mitch Leslie | Thu, 6 Jul 2023

8. News at a glance: AI weather forecasting, CRISPR relatives, and green hydrogen
By Science News Staff | Thu, 6 Jul 2023

9. Giant National Science Foundation grants aim to revitalize underserved U.S. regions
By Jeffrey Mervis | Wed, 5 Jul 2023

10. Fearsome prehistoric ‘shrimp’ may have been a wimp
By Tanvi Dutta Gupta | Tue, 4 Jul 2023

11. Rare link between coronavirus vaccines and Long Covid–like illness starts to gain acceptance
Mon, 3 Jul 2023

12. The two main reasons birds get ‘divorced’
By Celina Zhao | Wed, 5 Jul 2023