Top science news headlines for the week 27

Monday, Jun 29
Earth Sciences
31

Deadly Venezuela earthquakes raise concern in tremor-prone California

Materials Science
373

Unexpected pathway turns water and CO₂ into climate‑neutral methane on nickel–zirconia

Ecology
6

Bridging the gap between people and nature: The need for biocultural approaches to restoration

Plants & Animals
47

Deep inside crocodile skulls, 100 million years of brain evolution barely registers

Cell & Microbiology
11

New cellular model for rare and deadly melanomas enables study of immunotherapy resistance

Bio & Medicine
35

Why nanoscale droplets don't coalesce and microscale droplets do

Environment
27

Decline in plankton across Northeast Atlantic sends stark warning for ocean health

Tuesday, Jun 30
Earth Sciences
60

Super-deep diamond discovery may rewrite Earth's role in preserving the building blocks of life

Archaeology
80

An iconic spear-throwing device likely wasn't used by prehistoric hunters until around 10,000 years ago

Earth Sciences
23

Industrial-era pollution and warming reshape Tibetan lake after 1,000 years of climate swings

Agriculture
7

East Coast broccoli lowers costs and risks from California drought

Environment
72

By 2050, many Sydney apartments built to today's standards could be too hot for weeks at a time

Biotechnology
6

AI deciphers long-range DNA signals behind RNA splicing

Astronomy
20

The little red galaxies that may be sending us neutrinos

Wednesday, Jul 01
Plants & Animals
66

400-year-old painting reveals a bat's secret diet

Biochemistry
256

Single-atom catalyst turns lignin into valuable chemicals with near-complete conversion

Astronomy
81

The universe is less uniform than we thought—cosmology may need a radical rethink

Cell & Microbiology
55

Baker's yeast shows potential in treatment of persistent fungal infection

Plants & Animals
300

Himalayan pangolin emerges as distinct species, confirmed with DNA from 19th-century specimen

Evolution
203

Hidden for decades, hospital superbug built resistance in waves, peaking in the mid‑2000s

Environment
10

Scientists devise new method for tracing environmental PFAS contamination better

Thursday, Jul 02
Evolution
491

A holoparasitic plant replaces its own genes with host DNA to survive

Earth Sciences
10

Prescribed burns may generate over 20% of fine particle pollution in southeastern US

Optics & Photonics
35

Synchronized infrared lasers control molecular shape changes and expose hidden fingerprints

Earth Sciences
13

Image: Mediterranean Sea breaks June surface heat record

Environment
19

Beyond the dust: Families describe daily health challenges near the Salton Sea

Environment
21

We can't air-condition our way out of a hotter future, says expert

Plants & Animals
57

How giant tropical trees transport water 70 meters to stay as drought-resilient as smaller trees

Friday, Jul 03
Archaeology
77

Researchers recreate a lost Ming Dynasty goldworking technique to make replica royal jewelry

Plants & Animals
457

Mammals use the same underlying system—preserved through evolution—to process smells

Biotechnology
54

Giant wheat starch granules—a leap forward in biological engineering with potential benefits for diet, manufacturing

Space Exploration
42

Rescue mission launches to save NASA telescope that's falling back to Earth

Cell & Microbiology
31

Natural born killers—tracking immune cells as they cluster around cancer

Plants & Animals
39

Escaped flowerhorn fish threaten biodiversity, pose potential public health risks in Laguna, Philippines

Evolution
20

Paleontological study shows climate change makes marine animals shrink

Saturday, Jul 04
Plants & Animals
72

A young gull's mottled brown plumage acts as a 'not a threat' signal to territorial adults

Astronomy
58

Planned 1.7 million satellites 'devastating' for astronomy: Study

Earth Sciences
284

Greenland meltwater adds to AMOC weakening, but updated model finds no tipping point in sight

Cell & Microbiology
59

How proteins are inserted into cell membranes

Condensed Matter
78

Optical writing of antiferromagnets points toward new storage devices and energy efficient information systems

Cell & Microbiology
49

Bacterial protein reveals a hidden rule for controlling calcium

Molecular & Computational biology
43

Scientists find yeast in ancient Iceman's guts—and make bread

Sunday, Jul 05
Paleontology & Fossils
265

Rare 309-million-year-old fossils suggest early tetrapods developed without tadpole phase

Cell & Microbiology
29

Wild yeast discovery enables non-GM brewing of ornithine-enriched craft beer

Planetary Sciences
28

Deuterium in comets tells interesting tales

Plants & Animals
40

Rats show empathy, according to model

Space Exploration
251

Japan space probe skims asteroid in test for planetary defense

Environment
18

'Very dangerous' super typhoon nears US Pacific islands

Environment
79

The world's oceans are the hottest on record for June—and El Niño is set to turn up the heat even more