Top science news headlines for the week 41

Sunday, Oct 15

A strategy to enhance the light-driven superconductivity of K₃C₆₀

Oct 15, 2023
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Scientists count huge melts in many protective Antarctic ice shelves. Trillions of tons of ice lost.

Oct 15, 2023

Climate change is improving French wine—for now

Oct 15, 2023

Warming and habitat loss shrink pollinator numbers. That may hit coffee, cocoa crops hard in future

Oct 15, 2023

Grapes of wrath: Albania winemakers struggle with warmer world

Oct 15, 2023

Saturday, Oct 14

Saturday Citations: Gravitational waves, time travel and the simulated universe hypothesis

Oct 14, 2023
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US astronaut gets used to Earth after record-setting 371 days in space

Oct 14, 2023

'Ring of fire' solar eclipse will cut across the Americas, stretching from Oregon to Brazil

Oct 14, 2023

Osiris-Rex: NASA reveals evidence of water and carbon in sample delivered to Earth from an asteroid

Oct 14, 2023

NASA journeys to the metal-rich asteroid Psyche

Oct 14, 2023

Smoke from Brazil Amazon rainforest fires suffocates Manaus

Oct 14, 2023

The toll of heat deaths in the Phoenix area soars after the hottest summer on record

Oct 14, 2023

Friday, Oct 13

Thousands of programmable DNA-cutters found in algae, snails, and other organisms

Oct 13, 2023

Reexamination of ancient jawbone found in Ethiopia concludes it came from Homo erectus infant

Oct 13, 2023
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First supernova detected, confirmed, classified and shared by AI

Oct 13, 2023

Officially extinct fish is alive and well, according to DNA analyses

Oct 13, 2023

Neanderthal cuisine: Excavations reveal Neanderthals were as intelligent as Homo sapiens

Oct 13, 2023

Scientists explain unique formation of ancient algae that evolved photosynthesis and oxygenated the planet

Oct 13, 2023

Runestones reveal the power of a Viking queen

Oct 13, 2023

Thursday, Oct 12

Honey bees may inherit altruistic behavior from their mothers

Oct 12, 2023

Neanderthals hunted dangerous cave lions, study shows

Oct 12, 2023

Scientists generate first single-cell atlas of the primate brain

Oct 12, 2023

Simulations of 'backwards time travel' can improve scientific experiments

Oct 12, 2023

NASA set to journey to a metal-rich asteroid

Oct 12, 2023

Coffee and cocoa plants at risk from pollinator loss

Oct 12, 2023

200-year-old DNA helps map tiny fly's genetic course to new lands, modern times

Oct 12, 2023

Wednesday, Oct 11

Roundup herbicide ingredient connected to epidemic levels of chronic kidney disease

Oct 11, 2023

Using different flours for sourdough fosters different bacteria—and flavors

Oct 11, 2023

Flipped coins found not to be as fair as thought

Oct 11, 2023
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The race is on for a new internet

Oct 11, 2023

Peregrine falcons set off false alarms to make prey easier to catch, study finds

Oct 11, 2023

Mummified poop reveals pre-Columbian cultures of the Caribbean consumed a diversity of plants

Oct 11, 2023

Fast radio bursts from distant neutron stars resemble earthquakes rather than solar flares

Oct 11, 2023

Tuesday, Oct 10

Beyond the periodic table: Superheavy elements and ultradense asteroids

Oct 10, 2023

NASA's Webb captures an ethereal view of NGC 346

Oct 10, 2023

Researchers find pre-Columbian agave plants persisting in Arizona landscapes

Oct 10, 2023

New research offers a theory on how gold, platinum, and other precious metals found their way into Earth's mantle

Oct 10, 2023

Research finds dramatic increase in cranial traumas as the first cities were being built, suggesting a rise in violence

Oct 10, 2023

Research shows how topology can help create magnetism at higher temperatures

Oct 10, 2023

Ionic crystal generates molecular ions upon positron irradiation

Oct 10, 2023

Monday, Oct 09

Could a new law of physics support the idea we're living in a computer simulation?

Oct 9, 2023

Long-term lizard study challenges the rules of evolutionary biology

Oct 9, 2023

Researchers identify largest ever solar storm in ancient 14,300-year-old tree rings

Oct 9, 2023

Discovery of half-million-year-old wooden structure shows we're wrong to underestimate our ancient relatives

Oct 9, 2023

Large-scale bent radio jet detected in galaxy cluster Abell 514

Oct 9, 2023
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Scientists find the sounds beneath our feet are fingerprints of rock stability

Oct 9, 2023

Space weather disrupts nocturnal bird migration, study finds

Oct 9, 2023
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