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Weekly Headlines (excerpts)
1. A treaty to prepare the world for the next pandemic hangs in the balance
The WHO Pandemic Agreement hopes to improve global equity and avoid mistakes made during COVID-19
BY JON COHEN 15 MAR 2024
2. Canine peer review, stolen toxins, and more stories you might have missed this week
A roundup of some of our favorite items from the ScienceAdviser daily newsletter
BY PHIE JACOBS 15 MAR 2024
3. Watch out! This colorful bird raises a nest of cannibals
Eurasian hoopoes raise extra chicks so they can be eaten by their siblings
BY SOUMYA SAGAR 15 MAR 2024
4. Men psychology researchers can’t seem to remember their women colleagues
Men’s implicit bias may contribute to the gender gap in the field, new study highlights
BY RODRIGO PÉREZ ORTEGA 14 MAR 2024
5. ‘We’re hurting.’ Trans scientists call for recognition and support from research community
“Rigorous science demands” it, authors write in landmark commentary
BY PHIE JACOBS 14 MAR 2024
6. ‘Cold blob’ of Arctic meltwater may be causing European heat waves
Study identifies chain of events linking Arctic warming and extreme European weather
BY ELI KINTISCH 14 MAR 2024
7. Are your earliest childhood memories still lurking in your mind—or gone forever?
Studies of “infantile amnesia” find that memory works differently in the developing brain
BY SARA REARDON 14 MAR 2024
8. Some of our key gut microbes likely came from cows—and we’re losing them
Urbanization and the rise of processed foods may be limiting our guts’ microbial diversity
BY ELIZABETH PENNISI 14 MAR 2024
9. We ‘baby talk’ our dogs. So why don’t we ‘baby face’ them?
Study finds a key difference in the way we coo to our infants and our pets
BY CHRISTA LESTÉ-LASSERRE 14 MAR 2024
10. On its third try, Starship rocket flies through space but fails during re-entry
NASA hails SpaceX’s progress in developing biggest rocket ever
BY MICHAEL GRESHKO 14 MAR 2024
11. Sensor protein explains how mice—and maybe people—know it’s cold
Previously identified in worms, a protein on nerve cells helps mammals sense temperatures down to 0°C
BY ALEJANDRA MANJARREZ 13 MAR 2024
12. Should doctors screen all kids for type 1 diabetes?
Early studies suggest antibody testing can prevent complications and delay disease, but some worry about psychological toll
BY JENNIFER COUZIN-FRANKEL 13 MAR 2024
13. ‘Smart’ fiber-optic cables on the sea floor will detect earthquakes, tsunamis, and global warming
Scientists’ push to add sensors to cables pays off in Atlantic and Pacific oceans
BY PAUL VOOSEN 13 MAR 2024
14. Some toothed whales—like humans—go through menopause. And it may help them live longer
Analysis of 32 whale species shows the trait may have evolved to let older whales help take care of younger ones
BY KATHERINE IRVING 13 MAR 2024
15. Ladybug becomes powerful foe after ‘stealing’ toxins from invasive insect
Despite having no history of coevolution, Australian beetles in Spain can store and use defensive chemicals from an invasive American species
BY PHIE JACOBS 12 MAR 2024
16. Jupiter’s ocean moon may be dead inside
Long heralded as a promising place to look for life, Europa’s sea floor may be geologically inert
BY PAUL VOOSEN 12 MAR 2024
17. Amazing diversity of today’s ants tied to rise of flowering plants
The earliest ants went extinct, but more generalist species blossomed by taking advantage of the spread of plants that flower
BY ELIZABETH PENNISI 11 MAR 2024
18. Flirting female frogs blink to beckon potential princes
The behavior, once thought to be unique to primates, appears to serve as an amphibian social signal
BY PHIE JACOBS 11 MAR 2024
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