Top science news headlines for the week 48

Sunday, Dec 03

Bottlenose dolphins can sense electric fields, study shows

20 hours ago
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A six-planet solar system in perfect synchrony has been found in the Milky Way

20 hours ago

As Dubai hosts climate talks, its air pollution soars

23 hours ago

Strong earthquake that sparked a tsunami warning leaves 1 dead amid widespread panic in Philippines

23 hours ago

New doubts over coral, safety at planned Olympic surf venue

23 hours ago

El Niño helped steer storms away from U.S. this hurricane season. What about next year?

18 hours ago

Nations rally behind renewables at COP28 climate talks

22 hours ago

Saturday, Dec 02

A new possible explanation for the Hubble tension

Dec 2, 2023

New unified theory shows how past landscapes drove the evolution of Earth's rich diversity of life

Dec 2, 2023

Saturday Citations: Adorable kittens, violent pulsars, brand-new fusion reactor and a proposed giant cosmic void

Dec 2, 2023
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Massive planet too big for its own sun pushes astronomers to rethink exoplanet formation

Dec 2, 2023

US leads call to triple nuclear power at COP28

Dec 2, 2023

As seas get warmer, tropical species are moving further from the equator

Dec 2, 2023

Bashful golden mole detected in South Africa after 87 years

Dec 2, 2023

Friday, Dec 01

Do we live in a giant void? That could solve the puzzle of the universe's expansion, research suggests

Dec 1, 2023

Japanese experimental nuclear fusion reactor inaugurated

Dec 1, 2023

An anomalous relativistic emission arising from the intense interaction of lasers with plasma mirrors

Dec 1, 2023
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Ghostlike dusty galaxy reappears in James Webb Space Telescope image

Dec 1, 2023

Paleolithic humans may have understood the properties of rocks for making stone tools

Dec 1, 2023

Citizen scientists help discover new mantis species

Dec 1, 2023

Harvesting more solar energy with two-dimensional supercrystals

Dec 1, 2023

Thursday, Nov 30

Astronomers spot giant stream of stars between galaxies

Nov 30, 2023

A mineral produced by plate tectonics has a global cooling effect, study finds

Nov 30, 2023

After 50 years, US to return to moon on January 25

Nov 30, 2023

Carbon dioxide becomes more potent as climate changes, study finds

Nov 30, 2023

Study uncovers link between musical preferences and our inner moral compass

Nov 30, 2023

Research traces modern maize back to a hybrid created 5,000 years ago in Mexico

Nov 30, 2023

'Bone biographies' reveal lives of medieval England's common people—and illuminate early benefits system

Nov 30, 2023

Wednesday, Nov 29

Study shows that inoculating soil with mycorrhizal fungi can increase plant yield by by up to 40%

Nov 29, 2023

Scientists propose new method to search for deviations from the Standard Model of physics

Nov 29, 2023

Distant stars spotted for the first time in the vast Magellanic Stream

Nov 29, 2023

The 'longevity bottleneck' hypothesis: Research suggests that dinosaurs may have influenced how human beings age

Nov 29, 2023

Genetic research into a 9,000-year-old shaman burial in Germany

Nov 29, 2023

Scientists discover rare six-planet system that moves in strange synchrony

Nov 29, 2023

Quantum tool opens door to uncharted phenomena

Nov 29, 2023

Tuesday, Nov 28

Female toxin-producing newts are surprisingly more poisonous than males

Nov 28, 2023

Study shows the ability of some molecules to modify the surface of nanoparticles

Nov 28, 2023

Minimalist or maximalist? The life of a microbe a mile underground

Nov 28, 2023

Pressure-cooking birch leaves to produce raw material for organic semiconductors

Nov 28, 2023

Early humans in the Paleolithic Age: More than just game on the menu

Nov 28, 2023

Researchers apply theory of semantic information to realistic model, find point where information matters for survival

Nov 28, 2023

Solar activity likely to peak next year, new study suggests

Nov 28, 2023

Monday, Nov 27

Durable, inexpensive electrocatalyst generates clean hydrogen and oxygen from water

Nov 27, 2023

More than a meteorite: New clues about the demise of dinosaurs

Nov 27, 2023

Study is the first to document dialect differences in a parrot across its European range

Nov 27, 2023

Critically endangered Sumatran rhino born in Indonesia

Nov 27, 2023

Using the world's three most powerful particle accelerators to reveal the space-time geometry of quark matter

Nov 27, 2023

Understanding charged particles helps physicists simulate element creation in stars

Nov 27, 2023

5,200 years of migrations from Mexico to California may be the origin of a mystery language

Nov 27, 2023
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