Top science news headlines for the week 26

Monday, Jun 22
Biochemistry
87

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

Biotechnology
198

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

Molecular & Computational biology
18

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

Plants & Animals
126

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

Plants & Animals
1276

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

General Physics
30

Poo emoji, earthworm castings and pasta all obey the same coiling theory, physicists find

Nanophysics
37

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

Tuesday, Jun 23
Veterinary medicine
26

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

Earth Sciences
276

Oldest known asteroid impact on Earth dated to 3 billion years

Environment
16

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

Plants & Animals
22

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

Cell & Microbiology
11

Chloroplast study reveals molecular lock that helps power life on Earth

Environment
15

Europe: the world's fastest-warming continent

Plants & Animals
13

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

Wednesday, Jun 24
Planetary Sciences
337

Did gravitational tides cause Earth's extinctions?

Biotechnology
36

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

Cell & Microbiology
14

Hospital workers' phones carry deadly superbugs

Archaeology
58

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

Planetary Sciences
828

Asteroid zooming past Earth on Saturday visible to stargazers

Education
10

Language-based screeners may miss kids who struggle to read due to visual-processing issues

Bio & Medicine
21

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

Thursday, Jun 25
General Physics
934

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

Plants & Animals
20

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

Astronomy
247

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

Evolution
207

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

Earth Sciences
34

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

General Physics
709

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

Biochemistry
5

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

Friday, Jun 26
Space Exploration
97

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

Environment
10

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

Astronomy
73

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

Ecology
36

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

Cell & Microbiology
28

Secrets of how we see color revealed at the molecular level

Evolution
171

Sea anemones reveal antiviral defense that reverses human immune playbook

Astronomy
41

May 2024 superstorm drew most ring current ions from Earth, not solar wind, research reveals

Saturday, Jun 27
Economics & Business
16

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

Cell & Microbiology
137

Peptide alternative to antibiotics could combat antimicrobial resistance crisis

Evolution
95

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

Evolution
153

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

Plants & Animals
423

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

General Physics
31

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

Astronomy
43

New millisecond pulsar discovered with the Murchison Widefield Array

Sunday, Jun 28
Biochemistry
334

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

Bio & Medicine
366

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

Earth Sciences
27

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

Astronomy
186

Reanalysis suggests 'Phoebe' is a variable star, not a primordial black hole

Environment
22

More than 1,300 excess deaths recorded in Europe heat wave: WHO

Nanophysics
18

Nanopattern method unlocks precise control of disorder for wave-guiding devices

Ecology
28

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