Weekly Headlines (excerpts)

1. Our favorite online news stories of 2023

BY DAVID GRIMM  20 DEC 2023 

2. NRA donations spike in counties that have experienced school shootings

BY MEREDITH WADMAN 20 DEC 2023 

3. Kids with chattier parents are more talkative, may have bigger vocabulary

BY CATHLEEN O’GRADY  20 DEC 2023 

4. A ghostly quasiparticle rooted in a century-old Italian mystery could unlock quantum computing’s potential

BY ZACK SAVITSKY 20 DEC 2023 

5. Why do most dogs have brown eyes?

BY SARA REARDON 19 DEC 2023 

6. This algorithm could predict your health, income, and chance of premature death

BY HOLLY BARKER 18 DEC 2023 

7. Chimps remember the faces of old friends and family for decades

BY ANN GIBBONS 18 DEC 2023 

8. Vocal therapy changes vocal cords of transgender patients without need for surgery

BY ELI RAMOS  18 DEC 2023

9. Lost history of Antarctica revealed in octopus DNA

BY ERIK STOKSTAD  21 DEC 2023 

10. News at a glance: Climate summit booed, a big dino bite, and a diamond-hard discovery

BY SCIENCE NEWS STAFF  21 DEC 2023 

11. Peru moves to crack down on scientific fraudsters

BY MARÍA DE LOS ÁNGELES ORFILA  21 DEC 2023

12. Astronomers home in on offspring of universe’s first stars

BY DANIEL CLER 21 DEC 2023