Top science news headlines for the week 06

Monday, Feb 02
Astronomy
206

Infrared running of gravity offers a field-theoretic route to dark matter phenomena

Biotechnology
153

Lab-grown algae remove microplastics from water

Environment
150

Some bottled water is worse than tap for microplastics, study shows

Archaeology
146

Ancient Alaskan site may help explain how the first people arrived in North America

Environment
118

Climate enters the overshoot era—science and policy need to react

Cell & Microbiology
114

Cells adapt to aging by actively remodeling endoplasmic reticulum, study reveals

Earth Sciences
112

Geologists may have solved mystery of Green River's 'uphill' route

Tuesday, Feb 03
Astronomy
338

Did we just see a black hole explode? Physicists think so—and it could explain (almost) everything

Social Sciences
217

Political division in the US surged from 2008 onward, study suggests

Earth Sciences
182

Global warming is speeding breakdown of major greenhouse gas, research shows

Biochemistry
155

Weight-loss drugs are creating an environmental disaster—a new water-based method aims to change that

Molecular & Computational biology
135

Are cats 'vegan' meat eaters? Why isotopic signatures of feline fur could trick us into thinking that way

Planetary Sciences
121

Two huge hot blobs of rock influence Earth's magnetic field, study reveals

General Physics
121

A new class of strange one-dimensional particles

Wednesday, Feb 04
Evolution
187

Exposure to burn injuries played key role in shaping human evolution, study suggests

Plants & Animals
162

Why snakes can go months between meals: A genetic explanation

Astronomy
134

Astronomers trace a runaway star to a former companion's supernova

Archaeology
123

Olives have been essential to life in Italy for at least 6,000 years—far longer than we thought

Plants & Animals
120

Gray wolf crosses into Nevada after breaking from California pack

General Physics
104

Glimpsing the quantum vacuum: Particle spin correlations offer insight into how visible matter emerges from 'nothing'

Other
75

AI model OpenScholar synthesizes scientific research and cites sources as accurately as human experts

Thursday, Feb 05
Astronomy
314

Dark matter, not a black hole, could power Milky Way's heart

Archaeology
179

Petra aqueduct survey uncovers rare 116-meter lead conduit beside terracotta pipe

Bio & Medicine
175

Peppermint oil plasma coating could cut catheter infections without releasing drugs

General Physics
115

VIP-2 experiment narrows the search for exotic physics beyond the Pauli exclusion principle

Evolution
105

Finger length could provide vital clue to understanding human brain evolution

Astronomy
94

Detection system uses gravitational waves to map merging black holes

Plasma Physics
76

When lasers cross: A brighter way to measure plasma