Weekly Headlines (excerpts)

1. Why do cats love tuna so much? Scientists may finally know
By David Grimm | Fri, 25 Aug 2023

2. Is an end to using imperiled horseshoe crabs for U.S. drug testing in sight?
By Freda Kreier | Fri, 25 Aug 2023

3. Emperor penguins abandon breeding grounds as ice melts around them
By Erik Stokstad | Thu, 24 Aug 2023

4. Cells with extra genomes may help tissues respond to injuries—and species survive cataclysms
By Elizabeth Pennisi | Thu, 24 Aug 2023

5. ‘Most troublesome chromosome’ gets new respect after full sequence
By Elizabeth Pennisi | Wed, 23 Aug 2023

6. Watch a person unable to speak for years ‘talk’ using a new brain implant
By Sara Reardon | Wed, 23 Aug 2023

7. India makes history by landing spacecraft near Moon’s south pole
By Sanjay Kumar | Wed, 23 Aug 2023

8. China’s new underground lab could answer long-standing neutrino mystery
By Dennis Normile | Wed, 23 Aug 2023

9. When will the next ocean heat wave strike? Scientists develop early warning systems
By Warren Cornwall | Wed, 23 Aug 2023

10. Like hard-working farmers, corals cultivate and eat their resident algae
By Molly Rains | Wed, 23 Aug 2023

11. How did Pompeii’s victims really die?
By Phie Jacobs | Wed, 23 Aug 2023

12. ‘Octopus Garden’ helps tentacled babies grow fast in warm volcanic waters
By Sean Cummings | Wed, 23 Aug 2023

13. Watch light-sensing cells turn this hogfish into a master of disguise
By Christie Wilcox | Tue, 22 Aug 2023

14. Giant black hole formed puzzlingly fast at dawn of cosmos
By Daniel Clery | Tue, 22 Aug 2023

15. If AI becomes conscious, how will we know?
By Elizabeth Finkel | Tue, 22 Aug 2023

16. Chemists convert electricity into the fuel that powers the body’s cells
By Robert F. Service | Tue, 22 Aug 2023

17. COVID-19 boosts risks of health problems 2 years later, giant study of veterans says
By Catherine Offord | Mon, 21 Aug 2023