Weekly Headlines (excerpts)

1. Climate change could expand forests. But will they cool the planet?

By FRED PEARCE. 19 MAY 2022 

2. Understanding T cell responses to COVID-19 is essential for informing public health strategies

By SANTOSHA VARDHANA LANCE BALDO, ET AL. 20 MAY 2022

3. Electric buzz in a glass of pure water

By DOR BEN-AMOTZ. 19 MAY 2022

4. The fastest R&D lab on the planet

By LEE VINSEL. 19 MAY 2022

5. Shaping Earth in our image

By ERLE C. ELLIS, MARK MASLIN. 19 MAY 2022 

6. Fossil imprints from oceans of the past

By JORIJNTJE HENDERIKS. 19 MAY 2022 

7. Managing forests for competing goals

By JESSICA GUREVITCH. 19 MAY 2022 

8. Can internet use become addictive?

By MATTHIAS BRAND. 19 MAY 2022 

9. Law, policy, biology, and sex: Critical issues for researchers

By MAAYAN SUDAI, ALEXANDER BORSA, ET AL. 19 MAY 2022

10. This unusual tooth is the first fossil evidence of Denisovans in Southeast Asia
By Michael Price | Tue, 17 May 2022 

11. Pivot into COVID-19 research eases as publishing surge starts to level off
By Jeffrey Brainard | Tue, 17 May 2022 

12. New NSF program hopes to rev the nation’s ‘engines’ of innovation
By Jeffrey Mervis | Mon, 16 May 2022 

13. ‘A pretty big deal’: U.S. makes COVID-19 technologies available for use in developing countries
By Jon Cohen | Fri, 13 May 2022 

14. Big tractors, now heavier than many dinosaurs, can damage deep soil
By Erik Stokstad | Mon, 16 May 2022 

15. A ‘malignant fever’—COVID-19—surges in North Korea
By Richard Stone | Mon, 16 May 2022 

16. Monkeypox outbreak questions intensify as cases soar
By Jon Cohen | Fri, 20 May 2022 

17. Microchips that mimic the human brain could make AI far more energy efficient

By Robert F. Service | Fri, 20 May 2022 

18. Ancient Maya tooth sealant glued gemstones in place—and may have prevented tooth decay
By Richard Kemeny | Fri, 20 May 2022 

19. Ancient Maya tooth sealant glued gemstones in place—and may have prevented tooth decay
By Richard Kemeny | Fri, 20 May 2022 

20. Will you keep winning races into old age? Your cells hold clues
By Tess Joosse | Fri, 20 May 2022 

21. This little bot can hitchhike, swim, and swoop with ease
By Meagan Cantwell | Fri, 20 May 2022 

22. What’s sending kids to hospitals with hepatitis—coronavirus, adenovirus, or both?
By Meredith Wadman | Thu, 19 May 2022 

23. These dolphins might be self-medicating
By Tess Joosse | Thu, 19 May 2022