Top science news headlines for the week 14

Monday, Mar 31
Archaeology
334

New study challenges the story of humanity's shift from prehistoric hunting to farming

Evolution
213

'She loves me, she loves me not': Physical forces encouraged evolution of multicellular life, scientists propose

General Physics
196

No technical obstacles to new giant particle collider in Europe: CERN

Materials Science
190

Purification method removes PFAS from water while transforming waste into high-value graphene

Plants & Animals
186

Oldest known phosphatic stromatoporoid sponge discovered in south China

Evolution
173

Horses, donkeys and zebras have adaptations that break normal genomic rules

Planetary Sciences
152

Costa Rica's mudball meteorite: A cosmic survivor that avoided collisions in the pinball world of asteroids

Tuesday, Apr 01
Earth Sciences
442

North America is dripping from below, geoscientists discover

Astrobiology
409

A step towards life on Mars? Lichens survive Martian simulation in new study

Plants & Animals
261

More than 99% of US dogs have a behavior problem, researcher finds

Nanophysics
230

Scientists merge two 'impossible' materials into new artificial structure

Condensed Matter
220

Magnesium becomes a possible superconductor near the 2D limit

Evolution
206

Mammals were adapting from life in the trees to living on the ground before dinosaur-killing asteroid, research reveals

Quantum Physics
151

Hidden side channels in quantum sources could compromise secure communication

Wednesday, Apr 02
Earth Sciences
250

Early Earth's first crust composition discovery rewrites geological timeline

Plants & Animals
164

Flowerpot snake's DNA repair ability provides insights into human genetic conditions like Down syndrome

Optics & Photonics
150

A router for photons: Transducer could enable superconducting quantum networks

Archaeology
140

New computer model reveals how Bronze Age Scandinavians could have crossed the sea

Archaeology
136

Study uncovers mercury treatment in 19th-century French child suffering from rickets and scurvy

General Physics
135

Repurposed smartphone camera sensors create real-time, high-resolution imaging of antiproton annihilations

Earth Sciences
131

Helicopter-mounted sensor reveals volcanic CO₂ emissions could be three times higher than anticipated

Thursday, Apr 03
Planetary Sciences
180

Perseverance rover witnesses one Martian dust devil eating another

General Physics
168

Intriguing excess of top-quark pairs hints at discovery of smallest composite particle

Condensed Matter
141

Microwave pulses can control ion-molecule reactions at near absolute zero

Bio & Medicine
137

Extracellular vesicles as a cellular tracking tool could yield new therapies for polycystic kidney disease

Plants & Animals
133

Corpse flowers' survival at risk due to spotty recordkeeping

Planetary Sciences
130

Solar wind compresses Jupiter's magnetosphere, creating a hot region spanning half the planet's circumference

Space Exploration
123

Rising odds asteroid that briefly threatened Earth will hit moon

Friday, Apr 04
Cell & Microbiology
962

Artificial sweetener shows surprising power to overcome antibiotic resistance

Mathematics
269

Mathematicians uncover the hidden patterns behind a $3.5 billion cryptocurrency collapse

Earth Sciences
200

Ancient lakes and rivers unearthed in Arabia's vast desert

Cell & Microbiology
195

Scientists reveal new toxin that damages the gut

Quantum Physics
185

Hot Schrödinger cat states created

General Physics
162

An exception to the laws of thermodynamics: Shape-recovering liquid defies textbooks

Astronomy
142

Astronomers discover doomed pair of spiraling stars on our cosmic doorstep

Saturday, Apr 05
Other
167

Saturday Citations: Leaky continental plates, talking monkeys and a spectacular Einstein ring

Plants & Animals
84

Young plants' vulnerability linked to growth-energy trade-off

General Physics
69

Scientists release plans for an even bigger atom smasher to address the mysteries of physics

Social Sciences
21

Study assesses U.S. image amid weakening of democracy

Plants & Animals
16

Revealed: Why monkeys are better at yodeling than humans

Evolution
8

How we used AI to trace the evolution of bacteria on Earth

Mathematics
2

Parents' fear of math linked to lower achievement in children

Sunday, Apr 06
Biotechnology
202

The scientist rewriting DNA, and the future of medicine

Archaeology
160

Codex of Türi: Study traces origins of Estonia's oldest dated manuscript covers

Earth Sciences
158

Consecutive El Niños are happening more often and the result is more devastating, research suggests

Environment
16

Artificial glaciers boost water supply in northern Pakistan

Space Exploration
14

Blue Origin plans an all-female space flight—but astronaut memoirs reveal the cost of being exceptional

Cell & Microbiology
2

Study uses body's clock to deliver medication precisely when needed

Earth Sciences
1

Southern Ocean warming will mean a wetter West Coast