Top science news headlines for the week 19

Monday, May 04
Social Sciences
36

Babies may share adults' sense of beauty, and it appears to sharpen with age

Earth Sciences
609

Buried electrical pathways across the US reveal new clues about Earth's interior and power grid risks

Environment
33

New insight could change how we break down 'forever chemicals'

Space Exploration
75

Mathematical framework solves asteroid route planning exactly for first time

Social Sciences
20

Denmark's 'hands‑off' approach to parenting could offer a blueprint for raising more resilient, self‑reliant kids

Social Sciences
16

Politicians are not ignoring you, statistical analysis suggests

Environment
15

Wars destroy lives and the climate. Why aren't we counting military emissions?

Tuesday, May 05
Evolution
443

Indigenous Andeans have a digestive superpower—and it may be linked to potatoes

Environment
3456

Climate scientist finds large errors in a global climate pollution database

Education
99

Books and brain development: Why reading is much more than a pastime for children and teens

Molecular & Computational biology
482

Almost all plant-based meat alternatives contain mycotoxins, new research finds

Astrobiology
157

Three billion years ago, Earth's life relied on a rare metal

Earth Sciences
17

The ocean system that shapes Europe's climate

Archaeology
308

Medieval jaw reveals Scotland's first known dental bridge made from 20-carat gold

Wednesday, May 06
Other
133

Human language shows deep safety bias, challenging 70-year scientific consensus

Plants & Animals
244

What can singing mice say about human speech?

Social Sciences
46

A tale as old as time: Young, attractive femme fatale lore appears in nearly every culture

Archaeology
1100

DNA matches identify four more sailors from Franklin expedition

Evolution
268

Gut bacteria reveal hidden evolutionary lineages tied to aging and disease

Astronomy
183

A new way to read the universe could sharpen understanding of cosmic expansion and dark energy

Archaeology
139

Buried in Arnhem Land, an ancient fire trick may rewrite early stone technology's timeline

Thursday, May 07
Cell & Microbiology
223

Ultrasound waves rupture COVID-19 and flu viruses without damaging cells

Education
451

For years, reading struggles seemed obvious. This massive analysis points to a very different cause

Plants & Animals
150

Streetlights trigger bizarre 'death spirals' in thousands of isopods, scientists find

Molecular & Computational biology
96

From pantry to pest control: Garlic kills the mood for mosquitoes as well

Evolution
1156

Ancient sea fossils indicate millipede and centipede ancestors evolved their legs while still underwater

Archaeology
122

Modern experiments suggest rhino teeth may have been part of Neanderthal toolkits

Astronomy
77

Ultrahigh-energy cosmic messengers may carry ultraheavy secrets

Friday, May 08
Earth Sciences
254

Myanmar says giant 11,000-carat ruby found in Mogok could rank among most valuable

Planetary Sciences
138

How Dante's Inferno modeled a planetary impact 500 years before modern science

Other
142

From flying discs to glowing orbs, these newly opened Pentagon files point somewhere stranger than expected

Archaeology
479

Northern Sri Lanka's oldest confirmed settlement reshapes what archaeologists thought about early island life

Plants & Animals
146

Plants survived the dinosaur-killing asteroid by duplicating genomes, study suggests

Polymers
93

Old bottles and battery acid can drive production of valuable industrial chemicals

Plants & Animals
665

Saltwater crocodiles raised in captivity don't return to breeding centers after being released into the wild

Saturday, May 09
Astronomy
87

Non-rotating early galaxy is a surprise to astronomers

Ecology
56

Bee more specific: New radar tech could improve identification and tracking of key pollinators

Astronomy
63

Lonely Jupiter-like planet 900 light years away tells us more about gas giants

Earth Sciences
23

Heavy Atlantic rain can block African aerosols from fertilizing Amazon, study finds

Astronomy
94

Black hole jets measured in real time, revealing 10,000-sun power

Materials Science
97

New catalyst unlocks carbon-free ammonia heat for steel, cement and chemicals

Planetary Sciences
94

Ganymede's unique magnetic field may be powered by ongoing core formation—not a cooling core

Sunday, May 10
Earth Sciences
166

Alaska's near‑record landslide tsunami sent a wave 1,580 feet up the fjord walls

Archaeology
281

Cut marks on 1.6 million-year-old bones reveal early humans moved prized meat

Quantum Physics
54

Good vibrations for quantum communications: Engineers couple single phonon to single atomic spin

Education
54

Do we absorb information better on paper, rather than screens? It depends on the screen

Ecology
353

Under mushroom caps, 17-plus bacterial species help drive stubborn blotch disease

Plants & Animals
84

Self‑destructive behavior among Hermann's tortoises on a Macedonian island is leading to 'demographic suicide'

Cell & Microbiology
43

Reading genetic activity from living cells without destroying them