Top science news headlines for the week 49

Monday, Dec 01
Earth Sciences
247

Coral reefs have stabilized Earth's carbon cycle for the past 250 million years, research reveals

Plants & Animals
212

City raccoons showing signs of domestication

Archaeology
208

Humans first entered Australia 60,000 years ago via two routes, DNA analysis suggests

Astrobiology
202

Evidence of rain-driven climate on Mars found in bleached rocks scattered in Jezero crater

Quantum Physics
177

Physicists create 'quantum wire' where mass and energy flow without friction or loss

Astronomy
154

Close brush with two hot stars millions of years ago left a mark just beyond our solar system

General Physics
118

Detecting strong-to-weak symmetry breaking might be impossible, study shows

Tuesday, Dec 02
Plants & Animals
570

Cats adjust their communication strategy by meowing more when greeting men

General Physics
214

Geodesic approach links quantum physics and gravitation

Evolution
197

Chimpanzee calls trigger unique brain activity in humans, revealing shared vocal processing skills

Archaeology
189

Archaeological study challenges paleo diet, revealing humans have long eaten 'processed plant foods'

Astronomy
157

Alaknanda: JWST discovers massive grand-design spiral galaxy from the universe's infancy

Optics & Photonics
157

Single-photon teleportation achieved between distant quantum dots for the first time

Astrobiology
118

Sugars, 'gum,' stardust found in NASA's asteroid Bennu samples

Wednesday, Dec 03
Astronomy
174

Astronomers find vast spinning filament of galaxies 140 million light-years away

Archaeology
142

First evidence of lost-wax casting for silver in Bronze Age Western Europe uncovered

Paleontology & Fossils
140

Over 16,000 dinosaur footprints identified along a Bolivian shoreline

General Physics
134

How Ramanujan's formulae for pi connect to modern high energy physics

Evolution
132

Epigenetics linked to high-altitude adaptation in Andes

Evolution
115

10-thousand-year-old genomes from southern Africa change picture of human evolution

Space Exploration
112

Interstellar object covered in 'icy volcanoes' could rewrite our understanding of how comets formed