Top science news headlines for the week 36

Monday, Aug 31
Optics & Photonics
710

Physicists finally put Feynman's path integral to the test

Planetary Sciences
373

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

Biotechnology
45

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

Evolution
61

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

Astronomy
84

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

Astrobiology
44

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

Earth Sciences
83

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

Tuesday, Sep 01
Evolution
26

Firelight may have sparked human storytelling by extending social hours

Planetary Sciences
108

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

General Physics
189

One unexplained event could hint at heavy dark matter

Environment
17

To promote climate action, emotion may matter more than information

Earth Sciences
20

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

Astronomy
50

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
1453

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
736

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

Archaeology
68

Hidden DNA in medieval gospels reveals history of deadly livestock virus

Evolution
47

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

Optics & Photonics
74

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
Archaeology
107

Traces of nearly 4 million coins reveal how Rome achieved economic integration

Environment
8

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

Plants & Animals
34

In Chile, injured penguins sport copper vests to help them heal

General Physics
205

AI suggests new physics experiments that could outperform human-designed setups

Cell & Microbiology
15

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

General Physics
51

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

Friday, Sep 04
Archaeology
137

AI helps reveal the immersive sensory experiences of ancient Etruscan tombs

Environment
11

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

Social Sciences
1309

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

Environment
104

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

Cell & Microbiology
57

Virus-like particles enable gene activity tracking over time in the same cells

Analytical Chemistry
21

Davyne changes color beyond human sight, opening path to invisible security tags

Condensed Matter
197

A new type of LED light could bring significant efficiency gains

Saturday, Sep 05
Veterinary medicine
70

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

Astronomy
147

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

Mathematics
143

Some disagreement makes groups more trustworthy, mathematical framework finds

Plants & Animals
89

Tree species diversity protects forests from climate extremes, study finds

Molecular & Computational biology
23

US study tests psilocybin to fight cancer side effects

Archaeology
113

Late Roman decrees uncover military system behind amphitheater animal spectacles

Plants & Animals
235

Scientists discover how narwhals grow nature's only straight tusk

Sunday, Sep 06
Astronomy
91

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

Evolution
161

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
149

Advanced optical imaging reveals hidden activity in blood immune cells

Nanomaterials
65

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

Earth Sciences
406

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