Top science news headlines for the week 20

Monday, May 11
Environment
39

Where scientists watch the forest breathe, findings uproot how people think about forest-atmosphere interactions

Earth Sciences
242

Deep beneath Swiss Alps, researchers trigger 8,000 tiny quakes in controlled test

Evolution
48

When uncertainty spikes, chasing rewards backfires and a more informed strategy pulls ahead

Plants & Animals
40

Can plants hear? Latest research offers new insights

Social Sciences
9

Anonymous school tip lines reveal patterns in threats, mental health concerns among youth, study finds

General Physics
161

Unexplored interactions between electrons and atomic nuclei shed light on dark matter

Paleontology & Fossils
116

What it would have been like to experience the dinosaur‑killing asteroid armageddon: A blow‑by‑blow account

Tuesday, May 12
Plants & Animals
1871

Why are some people mosquito magnets? Clues are emerging

Cell & Microbiology
120

Wine's leftovers could help wean chicken farms off antibiotics

General Physics
406

Largest-ever survey of physicists puts Standard Model of cosmology under scrutiny

General Physics
937

80 years after the Trinity nuclear test, scientists identify new molecule-trapping crystal formed in the blast

Astronomy
37

TIME instrument unlocks faint signals from early galaxies across vast stretches of sky

Social Sciences
23

Work songs can improve team coordination, study finds

Archaeology
59

Why was an Egyptian mummy stuffed with a fragment of Homer's Iliad?

Wednesday, May 13
Archaeology
274

Neanderthal dentists used stone drills to treat cavities nearly 60,000 years ago, ancient molar suggests

Earth Sciences
29

Geologists in films are the good guys... but they often die

Archaeology
277

The first domesticated horses: 6,000 years of a complex story

Cell & Microbiology
10

A marine-inspired sunscreen ingredient made by E. coli

Biotechnology
235

Fungus-powered farming delivers higher yields and better-tasting crops, says study

Archaeology
78

A history of containers, an ancient technology hundreds of thousands of years in the making

Environment
7

Flu signals in wastewater offer an early warning for community outbreaks

Thursday, May 14
Plants & Animals
234

Hairy new fish species discovered in the Great Barrier Reef

General Physics
241

String theory is uniquely derived from basic assumptions about the universe, physicists show

Mathematics
608

Mathematical analysis reveals a hidden 'golden rule' in abstract art

Astronomy
551

Webb discovers one of the universe's first galaxies

Plants & Animals
111

Autonomous underwater robot discovers hidden coral reef 'hotspots'

Environment
45

Satellite launch pollution is rapidly accumulating in the upper atmosphere

Social Sciences
35

A child's environment may shape how their brain solves problems

Friday, May 15
Plants & Animals
747

Colonial roots may explain why North and Latin America treat wildlife differently

Evolution
1442

Why is almost everyone right-handed? The answer may lie in how we learned to walk

Optics & Photonics
686

Physicists create hybrid light-matter particles that interact strongly enough to compute

Nanophysics
21

Honey-like heat flow: A new heat transport regime discovered in ultrathin semiconductors

Economics & Business
6

Attracting young women to careers in construction

Cell & Microbiology
43

RNA's first letter may shape antiviral alarms, with A outpacing G

Earth Sciences
92

When La Niña lingers: Researchers uncover two mechanisms behind multi-year events

Saturday, May 16
Plants & Animals
245

Plasma treatment keeps cut flowers fresher for two weeks without chemicals

Environment
13

Multi-actor collaboration in integrated landscape approaches

Molecular & Computational biology
34

Common cancer protein may be therapeutic target, study finds

Economics & Business
18

Consumers willing to pay more for lobster harvested with ropeless technology, study finds

Ecology
37

Why some water fleas suddenly grow helmets: Key receptors reveal how predator warnings trigger defense

Biotechnology
36

Student-built system unlocks fully autonomous electroporation for 96- and 384-well workflows

Other
67

Saturday Citations: Prehistoric dentistry; sleep and aging; our photogenic sun

Sunday, May 17
Biotechnology
51

Fluorescent RNA sensor gets 10 times more sensitive for water safety

General Physics
42

We tested the new World Cup ball. This is what you need to know about how it will fly, dip and swerve

Condensed Matter
85

Roadmap charts three paths to room-temperature quantum materials for cooler computing

Education
17

How short-form videos may aid the teaching of small-engine maintenance

Paleontology & Fossils
30

A massive kraken-like octopus may have prowled the seas during the age of dinosaurs

Astronomy
55

eROSITA discovers a 'changing-look' Seyfert galaxy

Cell & Microbiology
32

Hidden cell networks emerge in 3D as new nanoscopy tracks living bridges