Top science news headlines for the week 43

Monday, Oct 19
Polymers
24

New 'hunter-killer' chemistry captures and destroys forever chemicals

Social Sciences
86

How do people quickly recognize what others may be feeling?

Earth Sciences
15

Researchers advance aquifer mapping using remote sensing and statistical models to improve groundwater management

Archaeology
106

Who really made China's Terracotta Army? Fingerprints reveal new clues

Plants & Animals
299

Beehives act as 'living immune systems' with layered antimicrobial defenses

Cell & Microbiology
47

New 4D biofabrication technology holds promise for tissue engineering, wound healing

Social Sciences
20

Having a baby is too expensive, 4 in 5 parents say

Tuesday, Oct 20
Archaeology
115

Peat bogs, the natural archives of mining fallout, reveal ancient Europe's hidden metal networks

Environment
6

Limited waste collection services in rural communities linked to high microplastic levels in Mekong River

General Physics
73

A quantum pathway to entropy-free energy transfer

Earth Sciences
9

How a cold pulse in the Northwest Atlantic reshaped East Coast fisheries

Environment
13

Building wildfire-resilient homes costs less than residents expect

Education
18

Diverse and sustained social activities may boost cognition in older age

Plants & Animals
15

Measuring regrowth: Erk gradients guide zebrafish fins back to their original size after injury

Wednesday, Oct 21
Ecology
17

The ocean's most abundant 'loner' microbe has a sticky second life

Social Sciences
7

When a few people break the rules, bad behavior spreads quickly

Plants & Animals
11

Targeting a particular gene may improve tea plants' flavor and cold tolerance

Social Sciences
27

Synchronized bodily responses do not always reflect cooperation, study finds

Optics & Photonics
81

Atomic memory keeps distant ions entangled for about 10 seconds

Cell & Microbiology
7

Scientists reveal how deadly Andes hantavirus attaches to human cells

Cell & Microbiology
4

Chromosome anchors form hollow shells before cell division, imaging reveals