Top science news headlines for the week 39

Monday, Sep 23
Archaeology
651

Previously unknown Neolithic society in Morocco discovered: North Africa's role in Mediterranean prehistory

Earth Sciences
650

'Doomsday' glacier set to melt faster and swell seas as world heats up, say scientists

General Physics
357

New physics needed? Experts suggest possibility of updating fundamental physics concepts

Earth Sciences
351

Data from robots show steady increase in deep-ocean warming

Space Exploration
346

Low gravity in space travel found to weaken and disrupt normal rhythm in heart muscle cells

Archaeology
331

Enigmatic archaeological site in Madagascar may have been built by people with Zoroastrian origins, research suggests

Astronomy
299

Quantized redshift and challenges to Big Bang hypothesis

Tuesday, Sep 24
Earth Sciences
401

Climate models predict abrupt intensification of northern wildfires due to permafrost thawing

General Physics
380

First observation of ultra-rare particle decay could uncover new physics

Earth Sciences
364

Understanding Antarctica's contribution to sea level rise

Environment
330

Bottled water has a huge and growing toll on human and planetary health, experts warn

Archaeology
326

Archaeologists use AI to find hundreds of geoglyphs in Peru's Nazca Desert

Earth Sciences
233

Atmospheric blocking slows ocean-driven melting of Greenland's largest glacier tongue

Bio & Medicine
155

Graphene spike mat uses ordinary fridge magnet tech to fight antibiotic resistance

Wednesday, Sep 25
Astrobiology
203

Can the 'hard steps' in the evolutionary history of human intelligence be recast with geological thresholds?

Environment
164

Cloud cover and urban structures drastically reduce sunlight in cities

Archaeology
158

Twice as many women as men were buried in the megalithic necropolis of Panoría, study reveals

Plants & Animals
156

Medicinal tree successfully grown from 1,000-year-old seed found in cave

Biotechnology
131

Mutations that affect protein stability follow simple math rules, study shows

Evolution
129

Bronze age Lactobacillus genomes reveal origins of kefir cheese

Planetary Sciences
122

Study shows Mars' early thick atmosphere could be locked up in the planet's clay surface

Thursday, Sep 26
Plants & Animals
210

Presence of bacteria in soil makes flowers more attractive to pollinators, study shows

Astronomy
191

Hubble finds that a black hole beam promotes stellar eruptions

Earth Sciences
184

Climate change will lead to wetter US winters, modeling study finds

Astronomy
179

Telescope captures the most detailed infrared map ever of our Milky Way

Plants & Animals
148

Mysterious orca group near Chile tracked down, revealing newly discovered hunting skills

Evolution
144

Cretaceous fireflies reveal early evolution of insect bioluminescence

Planetary Sciences
139

Existence of an Earth-like planet around a dead sun offers hope for our planet's ultimate survival

Friday, Sep 27
Space Exploration
570

Earth to capture a 'second moon' this weekend, NASA says

Astronomy
259

Advanced data shed light on gravitational basins of attraction that shape the movement of galaxies

Evolution
220

Seal species carries 'genetic scars' after being hunted to the edge of extinction, new research reveals

Planetary Sciences
220

Study suggests moon may have been captured from space rather than formed from collision particles

Nanophysics
159

Researchers crack a key problem with sodium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and grid energy storage

General Physics
143

Orbital angular momentum monopoles discovery propels orbitronics forward in energy-efficient tech

Plants & Animals
118

Forest loss forces langur species to interbreed, study shows

Saturday, Sep 28
Earth Sciences
387

Geologists discover mysterious subduction zone beneath Pacific, reshaping understanding of Earth's interior

Planetary Sciences
161

Asteroid Ceres is a former ocean world that slowly formed into a giant, murky icy orb

Space Exploration
142

Fireworks forecast if comet survives risky sun flypast

Astronomy
84

Observations explore the nature of transitional millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038

Plants & Animals
76

Bears have learned to open doors in California town

Other
72

Saturday Citations: Octopuses as shift supervisors for fish; universe confounds standard model; extremely old cheese

Space Exploration
59

SpaceX launches rescue mission to return stranded astronauts

Sunday, Sep 29
Plants & Animals
221

Octopuses work together with fish to hunt—and the way they share decisions is surprisingly complex

Planetary Sciences
145

Earth will have a temporary 'mini moon' for two months

Environment
55

More than 60 dead from storm Helene as rescue, cleanup efforts grow

Social Sciences
31

Why the changing representation of dwarfism in Disney's live action Snow White remake is so important

Environment
26

Death toll from Hurricane John hits eight in Mexico

Environment
25

Oil pollution in North Sea is 'grossly underestimated,' suggests new report

Economics & Business
20

The boomer generation hit the economic jackpot. Young people will inherit their massive debts