Weekly Headlines (excerpts)

1. Pangolin-poaching hot spots revealed by DNA tests

BY ERIK STOKSTAD 14 DEC 2023 

2. France has big plans to reform research, but key details remain vague

BY ELISABETH PAIN 14 DEC 2023 

3. Curly haired ‘woolly dogs’ of the Pacific Northwest were no myth

BY ANDREW CURRY 14 DEC 2023 

4. News at a glance: AI rules for Europe, vaccines for Africa, and a union for NIH early-career researchers

BY SCIENCE NEWS STAFF 14 DEC 2023 

5. NIH advisory group recommends $14,000 boost in postdoc pay

BY KATIE LANGIN 15 DEC 2023

6. Arctic seals’ intricate nose bones keep them warm in forever winters

BY ANDREA TAMAYO 14 DEC 2023 

7. Are tiny black holes hiding within giant stars?

BY ADAM MANN 13 DEC 2023 

8. Too hot? Too cold? Birds use their legs as a thermostat

BY MOLLY HERRING 13 DEC 2023 

9. Sensitivity to hormone made by fetus may drive severe pregnancy sickness

BY CATHERINE OFFORD 13 DEC 2023 

10.  African animals prefer to graze in spots once inhabited by Iron Age humans

BY SIERRA BOUCHÉR 12 DEC 2023 

11. Will FDA crackdown on lab tests protect patients—or limit access to care?

BY JENNIFER COUZIN-FRANKEL 12 DEC 2023 

12. Pristine asteroid samples offer window into the early Solar System

BY PAUL VOOSEN 12 DEC 2023 

13. New class of ‘ozone-safe’ refrigerants may have unexpected downside

BY ALIX SOLIMAN 12 DEC 2023 

14. Dino extinction researcher committed research misconduct—but not fraud, university report finds

BY MICHAEL PRICE 12 DEC 2023 

15. Cheap electricity could recycle animal waste, recover valuable chemicals

BY ROBERT F. SERVICE 11 DEC 2023 

16. Indian government ignored repeated warnings from scientists before massive tunnel collapse

BY ATHAR PARVAIZ 15 DEC 2023 

17. Garter snakes make friends, organize their society around females

BY JOSEPH HOWLETT 15 DEC 2023 

18. Fighting viruses with viruses? ‘Gene drive’ offers new strategy to beat infections

BY JON COHEN 15 DEC 2023 

19. Balancing boulders suggest San Andreas fault may shake less than once feared

BY PAUL VOOSEN 15 DEC 2023 

20. Genetics group slams company for using its data to screen embryos’ genomes

BY CARRIE ARNOLD 15 DEC 2023