Top science news headlines for the week 36

Monday, Aug 31
Optics & Photonics
701

Physicists finally put Feynman's path integral to the test

Planetary Sciences
367

Interstellar travel V: Warp drives, wormholes, and halo drives

Biotechnology
43

'One-pot' CRISPR platform delivers lab-like sensitivity in 30 minutes for at-home testing

Evolution
60

Even ancient bacteria possessed intercellular communication structures like humans today, study finds

Astronomy
83

JWST may solve a 20-year mystery behind a rule-breaking gamma-ray burst

Astrobiology
43

Peptides can form well-defined structures in harsh, Venus-like conditions

Earth Sciences
81

UK and Ireland face greatest risk from rare tropical cyclones reaching Europe

Tuesday, Sep 01
Evolution
23

Firelight may have sparked human storytelling by extending social hours

Planetary Sciences
103

Giant impact could have formed an intact moon within five hours, simulations suggest

General Physics
187

One unexplained event could hint at heavy dark matter

Environment
15

To promote climate action, emotion may matter more than information

Earth Sciences
19

Los Angeles Basin map shows deep sediments that could amplify earthquake shaking

Astronomy
48

Declining star formation not caused by simple 'fuel crisis,' new measurements suggest

Earth Sciences
12

Next-gen sensors: Catching water pollution in real time

Wednesday, Sep 02
General Physics
1441

Scientists observe Einstein's gravity in the quantum world

Environment
13

Pyrograzing turns ordinary livestock into fire prevention heroes, so why isn't it used on public lands more often?

Plants & Animals
730

Trees use a 'muscle' to correct their posture—a newly discovered role for tension wood

Archaeology
65

Hidden DNA in medieval gospels reveals history of deadly livestock virus

Evolution
46

Peacock-like displays outpace antlers and tusks in evolutionary change, model suggests

Optics & Photonics
71

Sorry, this neutrino laser won't work, physicists say

Environment
26

Pacific islands to face food shortages due to global warming: Scientists

Thursday, Sep 03
Cell & Microbiology
14

Microbes—dead or alive—can be early indicators of soil health under regenerative farming

General Physics
49

Heat has a memory—and a new theoretical framework can track it

Environment
7

First-of-its-kind research balances the needs of solar farms and grazing

Agriculture
12

Farming experts tout 'conscious' food systems to fix agriculture woes

Bio & Medicine
31

Biodegradable 'nanobone' could one day help regrow bone without painful grafts

Environment
6

Himalayan hazards are becoming more complex. Our warning systems need to catch up

Environment
8

Heathrow expansion incompatible with UK legal climate targets, major report finds

Friday, Sep 04
Archaeology
134

AI helps reveal the immersive sensory experiences of ancient Etruscan tombs

Environment
10

Why some Alaskan rock glaciers race downhill while their neighbors barely move

Environment
103

As global heating heads to 1.8°C, is it time to consider the 'Voldemort' of climate policy?

Social Sciences
1306

Students with lower grades earn degrees more often when they belong to an academic major's majority group

Planetary Sciences
399

Particle shape and size predict asteroid strength, revealing Bennu's surface is 50 times weaker than ground coffee

Biochemistry
31

New AI tool maps the hidden universe of small molecules

Environment
12

Record European fires burn over 500,000 hectares during summer

Saturday, Sep 05
Veterinary medicine
69

Views from a physician and veterinarian: How to improve barriers to pet care when owners are hospitalized

Astronomy
144

A black hole as light as 40 tons can exist inside a star if dark matter helps

Mathematics
139

Some disagreement makes groups more trustworthy, mathematical framework finds

Plants & Animals
79

Tree species diversity protects forests from climate extremes, study finds

Molecular & Computational biology
22

US study tests psilocybin to fight cancer side effects

Archaeology
113

Late Roman decrees uncover military system behind amphitheater animal spectacles

Earth Sciences
121

New method predicts where massive earthquakes will strike

Sunday, Sep 06
Astronomy
90

'Quiet' pulsar suddenly reveals three glitches in 15 years of observations

Evolution
158

The extinct American 'cheetah' was not a cheetah after all

Social Sciences
18

How algorithms are making our environments bland

Environment
21

Haze emergency grips Malaysian Borneo town

Cell & Microbiology
147

Advanced optical imaging reveals hidden activity in blood immune cells

Nanomaterials
64

Extreme pressure turns blue pigment into record-long single-atom copper chains

Earth Sciences
402

Six unusual structures identified at Earth's core-mantle boundary with the help of deep learning