Weekly Headlines (excerpts)

1. Farmers are being paid millions to trap carbon in their soils. Will it actually help the planet?
By Gabriel Popkin | Thu, 27 Jul 2023

2. A spectacular superconductor claim is making news. Here’s why experts are doubtful
By Adrian Cho | Thu, 27 Jul 2023

3. News at a glance: Glimpsing forming planets, hunting hydrogen, and an iconic parrot’s return
By Science News Staff | Thu, 27 Jul 2023

4. Does social media polarize voters? Unprecedented experiments on Facebook users reveal surprises
By Kai Kupferschmidt | Thu, 27 Jul 2023

5. Bees and wasps solve geometry problem the same way
By Phie Jacobs | Thu, 27 Jul 2023

6. New language database narrows search for first speakers of Indo-European
By Bridget Alex | Thu, 27 Jul 2023

7. Scientists reprogram blood cells with fat balls that target bone marrow
By Jocelyn Kaiser | Thu, 27 Jul 2023

8. AI brings clarity to fuzzy night vision images
By Molly Rains | Wed, 26 Jul 2023

9. Ship noises prove a nuisance for arctic narwhals
By Tanvi Dutta Gupta | Wed, 26 Jul 2023

10. Ancient people in China systematically mined and burned coal up to 3600 years ago
By Celina Zhao | Wed, 26 Jul 2023

11. These ants are ballooning with microbe-killing honey
By Celina Zhao | Wed, 26 Jul 2023

12. The death of supercontinents brings diamonds to the surface
By Paul Voosen | Wed, 26 Jul 2023

13. Two of these eggs are impostors. Can you spot them?
By Molly Rains | Tue, 25 Jul 2023

14. Alien-looking viruses discovered in Massachusetts forest
By Christie Wilcox | Tue, 25 Jul 2023

15. Where do deep-sea creatures live? Where they won’t dissolve
By Erik Stokstad | Mon, 24 Jul 2023

16. This fish delivers a nasty sting. Could it also save lives?
By Phie Jacobs | Mon, 24 Jul 2023

17. Nerve-mimicking device gives ‘feeling’ to prosthetics
By Claudia López Lloreda | Fri, 28 Jul 2023

18. In some scientific papers, words expressing uncertainty have decreased
By Jeffrey Brainard | Fri, 28 Jul 2023

19. Tickled rats reveal brain structure that controls laughter
By Phie Jacobs | Fri, 28 Jul 2023

20. AI helps crack salt water’s curious electrical properties
By Adrian Cho | Fri, 28 Jul 2023

21. Grown from scratch, simulated magnetic fields could explain cosmic mystery
By Zack Savitsky | Fri, 28 Jul 2023

22. Senate panel approves 2% bump for NIH budget in 2024
By Jocelyn Kaiser | Fri, 28 Jul 2023

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23. Humans underestimate how much our hands weigh
By Phie Jacobs | Mon, 24 Jul 2023

24. AI helps geneticists uncover the roots of upright walking in humans
By Tanvi Dutta Gupta | Fri, 21 Jul 2023