Top science news headlines for the week 04

Monday, Jan 20
Ecology
666

Colorado releases 15 wolves from Canada in second round of historic reintroduction

Astronomy
185

'Troublesome' radio galaxy 32 times the size of Milky Way spotted

Plants & Animals
156

Religious 'mercy release' of hybrid groupers can have significant ecological impact

Environment
142

US to withdraw from Paris agreement, expand drilling

Earth Sciences
136

Deep beneath California's Sierra Nevada, Earth's lithosphere may be peeling away

Social Sciences
112

Global study finds strong public trust in scientists

Astronomy
104

Newly discovered group hosts two optically dark star-forming galaxies

Tuesday, Jan 21
Quantum Physics
194

Scientists succeed in trapping molecules to perform quantum operations for the first time

Environment
179

Improved radon gas mapping finds nearly 25% of Americans living in highest risk areas

Plasma Physics
155

SMART: One step closer to nuclear fusion with its first plasma

Quantum Physics
135

Electrons in twisted graphene form novel 1/3 fractional quantum Hall state

Environment
99

Extreme climate pushed thousands of lakes in West Greenland 'across a tipping point,' study finds

Optics & Photonics
98

Harnessing electromagnetic waves and quantum materials to improve wireless communication technologies

Plants & Animals
94

Spotted hyena found in Egypt for the first time in 5,000 years

Wednesday, Jan 22
Social Sciences
201

Single women are happier than single men, researchers find

Paleontology & Fossils
139

Romanian fossils show hominins in Europe 500,000 years earlier than thought

Astronomy
99

M87* observations catch the black hole's turbulent accretion flow

Planetary Sciences
75

Swarm detects ocean tides' magnetic signatures

Ecology
73

Curious blue rings in trees and shrubs reveal cold summers of the past—potentially caused by volcanic eruptions

Earth Sciences
73

Aftershock analysis challenges world's deepest earthquake claim

Plants & Animals
72

Wild baboons fail mirror test for self-awareness, anthropologists find