Top science news headlines for the week 38

Monday, Sep 16
Planetary Sciences
726

Earth may have had a ring system 466 million years ago

General Physics
650

Theoretical physicists develop method to model a central theory of quantum gravity in the laboratory

Archaeology
233

How Olmec elite helped legitimize their political power through art

Plants & Animals
231

New 'grumpy' fish species discovered in the Red Sea

Astronomy
205

Astronomers detect black hole 'starving' its host galaxy to death

Earth Sciences
192

An AI tool for scanning sand grains opens windows into recent time and the deep past

Plants & Animals
164

Scientists discover nonstomatal control of water loss in critical crops

Tuesday, Sep 17
Economics & Business
266

People underestimate the income of the top 1%, researchers find

Plants & Animals
264

'Scuba-diving' lizards use bubble to breathe underwater and avoid predators

Astronomy
210

A wobble from Mars could be sign of dark matter, study finds

Planetary Sciences
200

Astronomers discover new feature in exoplanet distribution that's between the Neptunian Desert and Savanna

Evolution
179

The mammalian inner ear is a striking example of convergent evolution, new study reveals

General Physics
169

Nuclear theorists turn to supercomputers to map out matter's building blocks in 3D

Plants & Animals
121

Biologists find that hardship early in life can affect health and longevity—even for marmots

Wednesday, Sep 18
Plants & Animals
9558

Another new wasp species discovered by researchers

Archaeology
521

New research reveals that America's oldest tombstone came from Belgium and belonged to an English knight

Astronomy
291

Astronomers discover biggest ever seen black hole jets, which blast hot plasma well beyond their own host galaxy

Biotechnology
287

New kit makes classroom CRISPR experiments affordable and accessible

General Physics
264

Ocean waves grow way beyond known limits, new research finds

Plants & Animals
226

Apes understand reasons behind each other's actions, research finds

General Physics
206

LHC experiments observe quantum entanglement at the highest energy yet

Thursday, Sep 19
Education
861

Study reveals impact of homework on student achievement in math and science

Biotechnology
699

Human genome stored on 'everlasting' memory crystal

Condensed Matter
302

New material with wavy layers of atoms exhibits unusual superconducting properties

Earth Sciences
301

Lake ice quality degrading as planet warms—skaters, hockey players, ice truckers on thin ice

Plants & Animals
275

Can captive tigers be part of the effort to save wild populations?

General Physics
202

Researchers build AI model database to find new alloys for nuclear fusion facilities

Plants & Animals
157

Research predicts rise in tropical hydraulic failure

Friday, Sep 20
Environment
469

Oceanic life found to be thriving thanks to Saharan dust blown from thousands of kilometers away

Environment
329

A possible explanation for the 'missing plastic problem': New detection technique finds microplastics in coral skeletons

Bio & Medicine
289

Recharging mitochondria—nanoflowers offer a new way to simulate energy production to improve aging ailments

General Physics
261

Scientists propose a new method to search for dark matter using LIGO

Nanophysics
250

Light momentum turns pure silicon from an indirect to a direct bandgap semiconductor

Environment
138

Deforestation in the Amazon is driven more by domestic demand than by the export market, finds study

Ecology
135

Mysterious Pacific Ocean sounds identified as a type of whale—a new AI app helps track them

Saturday, Sep 21
Quantum Physics
376

Even the heaviest particles experience the usual quantum weirdness, new experiment shows

Biotechnology
172

New biosensor illuminates physiological signals in living animals

Plants & Animals
157

'Pirate birds' force other seabirds to regurgitate fish meals. Their thieving ways could spread lethal avian flu

Environment
82

S.Africa snowfall closes roads, strands motorists overnight

Social Sciences
74

How a doubling of sentence lengths helped pack England's prisons to the rafters

Environment
57

Hungary Danube waters reach decade high after Storm Boris

Cell & Microbiology
56

New method developed to relocate misplaced proteins in cells

Sunday, Sep 22
General Physics
283

New results from the CMS experiment put W boson mass mystery to rest

Archaeology
145

Researchers decode oldest human DNA from South Africa to date

Archaeology
131

Scientists explore origins of horseback riding through human skeletons

Condensed Matter
122

Researchers observe an antiferromagnetic diode effect in even-layered MnBi₂Te₄

Environment
48

Scientists reviewed 7,000 studies on microplastics. Their alarming conclusion puts humanity on notice

Plants & Animals
46

The number of rhinos is slightly up but poaching has increased too

Cell & Microbiology
35

A new genetic analysis of animals in the Wuhan market in 2019 may help find COVID-19's origin