Top science news headlines for the week 47

Monday, Nov 18
Earth Sciences
486

Meltwater from Greenland and the Arctic is weakening ocean circulation to speed up warming down south, model suggests

Materials Science
239

A clean break: Scientists convert plastics into soaps and detergents

Optics & Photonics
192

Long-lived Schrödinger's-cat state achieves Heisenberg-limited sensitivity

Archaeology
127

Ancient Aztec 'skull whistles' found to instill fear in modern people

Plants & Animals
127

Largest and hairiest of its kind: New feather-duster-legged tarantula discovered in western Cuba

Astronomy
126

Simulations reveal black holes inherit magnetic fields from parent stars

Earth Sciences
124

Global glacier melt: Major mass loss expected by 2100

Tuesday, Nov 19
Optics & Photonics
778

New theory reveals the shape of a single photon

Social Sciences
243

Social media users probably won't read beyond this headline, researchers say

Optics & Photonics
175

Novel AI algorithm captures photons in motion

Earth Sciences
155

Enormous cache of rare earth elements hidden inside coal ash waste, study suggests

Earth Sciences
153

Improving hurricane modeling with physics-informed machine learning

Plants & Animals
151

How humans evolved to be 'energetically unique'

Astronomy
149

New DESI data shed light on gravity's pull in the universe

Wednesday, Nov 20
Materials Science
137

Turning carbon emissions into methane fuel: New method offers potential for abundant energy savings

Mathematics
130

A new puzzle piece for string theory research: Study proves 4-graviton scattering conjecture

Astronomy
120

The Milky Way represents an outlier among similar galaxies, universe survey data shows

Archaeology
116

Fossil collection found in Neanderthal cave suggests abstract thinking

Analytical Chemistry
112

Light-based photocatalytic system can break down PFAS at room temperature

Astronomy
109

Predicting the next supernova explosion: New simulations reveal the physics of supernova shock breakout

Ecology
106

Growing soybeans has a surprisingly significant emissions footprint, but it's ripe for reduction