Top science news headlines for the week 26

Monday, Jun 22
Biochemistry
89

How oxygen sneaks into a corked wine bottle long before the first pour

Biotechnology
204

Bird-derived gene tool inserts plant DNA 30 times more efficiently than CRISPR

Plants & Animals
130

Marmoset monkeys adapt their voices to sound more like their social partners, study finds

Plants & Animals
1299

Newly described Australian ballista spider builds a spring-loaded snare to catch a single ant species

Molecular & Computational biology
22

Cats age like humans—could studying their brains reveal healthy aging secrets?

Nanophysics
39

Nanotube-based thermoelectrics open a new pathway to waste-heat energy conversion

Earth Sciences
69

California has lost more than half of its coastal sand dunes, first-ever assessment reveals

Tuesday, Jun 23
Veterinary medicine
28

Antibiotic resistance threatens vision in pets and horses, veterinary review warns

Earth Sciences
311

Oldest known asteroid impact on Earth dated to 3 billion years

Environment
17

Summer's silent killer: Why the world's heat waves are a global health emergency

Plants & Animals
25

This tiny Australian spider uses a high‑powered web catapult to trap and eat aggressive ants

Environment
16

Europe: the world's fastest-warming continent

Cell & Microbiology
14

Chloroplast study reveals molecular lock that helps power life on Earth

Plants & Animals
13

Researchers find microplastics in hedgehogs—then trace them back to pet food

Wednesday, Jun 24
Planetary Sciences
340

Did gravitational tides cause Earth's extinctions?

Biotechnology
37

By making key signaling molecules called β-arrestins into druggable targets, scientists crack long-standing challenge

Cell & Microbiology
15

Hospital workers' phones carry deadly superbugs

Archaeology
62

Human DNA can survive on cave walls for thousands of years, opening new window into prehistory

Planetary Sciences
831

Asteroid zooming past Earth on Saturday visible to stargazers

Bio & Medicine
23

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is treated with nanobubbles. What are they and how do they work?

Cell & Microbiology
15

Axolotl-inspired skin matrix may help heal wounds with less scarring

Thursday, Jun 25
General Physics
945

A thermodynamic approach to gravity could explain cosmic acceleration without dark energy

Plants & Animals
22

Shorter front-leg strides can be an early warning sign of dementia in senior dogs

Astronomy
256

The universe should look the same in all directions at large scales, but DESI data suggest otherwise

Evolution
210

Apes and humans have been sharing a laugh for 15 million years

Earth Sciences
36

Warming may slow forest growth and cut carbon storage by 30%, model shows

General Physics
746

Scientists find molecular-level evidence for two structures in liquid water

Biochemistry
6

Researchers develop a new prodrug and localized drug delivery platform for selective treatment of cancer

Friday, Jun 26
Space Exploration
101

The US and China are planning moon bases: Designs may cut construction waste and improve life on Earth

Astronomy
76

A single origin story for the Milky Way's most mysterious stars

Ecology
39

An iron-driven chain reaction may trigger mass death of harmful algae blooms

Cell & Microbiology
31

Secrets of how we see color revealed at the molecular level

Evolution
174

Sea anemones reveal antiviral defense that reverses human immune playbook

Environment
11

Rising heat and humidity challenge energy-efficient data center cooling worldwide

Astronomy
28

Ultraluminous X-ray source in Whale galaxy investigated for spectral and timing variability

Saturday, Jun 27
Cell & Microbiology
141

Peptide alternative to antibiotics could combat antimicrobial resistance crisis

Evolution
98

Lamprey brain atlas reveals 450-million-year blueprint of vertebrate brains

Evolution
160

Newly identified fossil sheds light on evolutionary history of saber-toothed cats

Plants & Animals
429

The bond between humans and dogs remains remarkably consistent across societies, cross-cultural study reveals

Economics & Business
21

How everyone pays the cost for patents on seeds, and private companies get rich from keeping them secret

General Physics
32

New driving model predicts split-second crash avoidance with humanlike accuracy

Astronomy
44

New millisecond pulsar discovered with the Murchison Widefield Array

Sunday, Jun 28
Biochemistry
336

Injectable silk-kudzu hydrogel achieves complete wound closure in laboratory tests

Bio & Medicine
369

Shining blue light on gold-graphene nanodots achieves wound healing trifecta

Earth Sciences
29

The sun's outbursts may briefly weaken rain and snow events across North America

Ecology
29

Oxygen atoms in 15‑million‑year‑old giant eggshells reveal how plants reacted to a hotter Earth

Astronomy
76

The solar gravitational lens could map white dwarfs and black holes

Plants & Animals
26

Scientists uncover evolutionary edge behind plant invasions

Earth Sciences
72

Human activity has driven retreat of Antarctica's fastest melting glacier