Top science news headlines for the week 16

Monday, Apr 13
Ecology
2606

Beneath this cemetery, 5.5 million wild bees form a giant underground city vital to spring pollination

Bio & Medicine
1906

A new fruit wash removes pesticides and extends shelf life

Astronomy
155

Self-interacting dark matter may solve three cosmic puzzles

Ecology
20

Link between pollinators and diverse landscapes is a two-way street

General Physics
128

'Ghost tunnels' guide sound waves in one direction while staying invisible to others

Environment
6

Fixing Baltimore's unequal weather data coverage

Social Sciences
31

Small talk surprises: Nine experiments show 'boring' topics feel more enjoyable

Tuesday, Apr 14
Bio & Medicine
14023

This nasal spray rewinds the aging brain, restoring memory and reversing inflammation in preclinical models

Astronomy
333

Not so dark with Alena Tensor: Math framework could explain dark matter without invisible particles

Astronomy
262

Could dark matter be made of black holes from a different universe?

Earth Sciences
846

Super magma reservoirs discovered beneath Tuscany

General Physics
34

Mirror-positioning method could make quantum gravity tests possible

Earth Sciences
151

Saltwater is closing in on coastal groundwater, putting billions and food supplies at risk

Ecology
114

After 9,000 years of cultivation, rice has reached its thermal limit

Wednesday, Apr 15
Ecology
114

Nature might have a universal rhythm

Plants & Animals
36

Sperm whale clicks follow similar rules to human speech

Condensed Matter
318

Scientists capture superconductivity's 'dancing pairs' for first time, revealing missing pieces in a decades-old theory

General Physics
493

Gravity follows Newton and Einstein's rules, even at cosmic scales

Environment
10

How microplastics hurt the species that keep our coasts healthy

Social Sciences
70

Autonomy key to happiness, study finds

Astronomy
114

A 3D map of 47 million galaxies is redefining our view of the universe

Thursday, Apr 16
Earth Sciences
156

Atlantic current system could be weakening faster than expected

Evolution
110

Baby Neanderthals may have had a rapid growth spurt compared to modern babies

Earth Sciences
56

Waikīkī faces escalating threat of sewage-contaminated flooding as sea level rises

Evolution
60

Cyanobacteria surprise scientists with evolutionary shift

Cell & Microbiology
29

Cells have a secret 'courier system' that could open hard-to-reach targets for RNA and gene therapies

Astronomy
177

Weighing in on the mystery of the gravitational constant

Optics & Photonics
125

Quantum bottleneck breaks wide open as one light beam carries 23 secure channels at the same time

Friday, Apr 17
Analytical Chemistry
583

Platinum-free catalyst splits hydrogen from water for energy, running 1,000 hours at industry standards

Earth Sciences
1250

The Colorado River disappeared from the geological record for 5 million years: Scientists now know where it went

Cell & Microbiology
1360

Antioxidant glutathione discovered to play a key role in proper protein folding

Bio & Medicine
39

Nanobody repairs misfolded CFTR inside cells, boosting function in cystic fibrosis

Analytical Chemistry
186

Iron plus UV light turns alcohol into hydrogen with catalyst-like efficiency

Bio & Medicine
131

Medicine's next leap: Delivering gene therapies exactly where they're needed

Soft Matter
115

Quantum-informed AI improves long-term turbulence forecasts while using far less memory

Saturday, Apr 18
Social Sciences
3273

People with dark personality traits are naturally inclined towards leadership roles, finds new study

Condensed Matter
156

Surprising link between metallicity and superconductivity uncovered in twisted trilayer graphene

Mathematics
1498

Mental math's shortcut—pupil dilation suggests people start solving before all numbers are in

Earth Sciences
80

Earth's tectonic elevator hauls ancient buried microbes back to the seafloor to revive and spread

Plants & Animals
87

How poison frogs built a chemical weapons system one evolutionary step at a time

Optics & Photonics
51

Flat optics move toward market with 300-per-second metalens production

Education
18

Prenatal opioid exposure in babies doesn't predict future classroom performance, study finds

Sunday, Apr 19
Earth Sciences
342

Atlantic current shows two-decade decline across four deep-ocean monitoring sites

Education
40

Why anatomy's naughtiest mnemonics work so well

Materials Science
22

A cheaper way to fight 'forever chemicals': How pH-controlled traps could clean drinking water

Other
80

Support fundamental research, prize-winning mathematician urges

Social Sciences
47

What happens when men don't feel 'man enough'?

Nanomaterials
27

Wafer-scale 2D magnetic films emerge thanks to a new low-defect growth technique

Astronomy
39

Theoretical models of supernova chemistry overhauled after X-ray data from Perseus Cluster reveal key discrepancies