Weekly Headlines (excerpts)

1. FDA rejected MDMA-assisted PTSD therapy. Other psychedelics firms intend to avoid that fate

Lykos Therapeutics’s failure to win approval may trigger a strategic shift in psychedelic medicine

BY KAI KUPFERSCHMIDT 12 AUG 2024

2. The untold story of how Nigeria’s mpox outbreak sparked a worldwide epidemic

The virus circulated for 8 years before going global. Could it have been stopped?

BY JON COHEN, ABDULLAHI TSANNI 16 AUG 2024 

3. To reduce wildlife deaths caused by fences, scientists are turning to AI

Software trained to identify fences from aerial images could help wildlife managers prevent pronghorn from getting stuck and starving

BY CHRISTINE PETERSEN 16 AUG 2024 

4. News at a glance: Europe’s heat-related deaths, Antarctic vegetation, and Stonehenge’s faraway stone

The latest in science and policy

BY SCIENCE NEWS STAFF 15 AUG 2024 

5. Dino-killing asteroid came from beyond Jupiter

Trace metals found at extinction layer implicate rare, carbon-rich type of meteorite

BY ADAM MANN 15 AUG 2024 

6. Uranium mine may pose threat to Grand Canyon drinking water

If a key aquifer is contaminated, it could pose health risks to a local tribe and others in the region

BY DAWN ATTRIDE 15 AUG 2024 

7. Rattled by mpox surge in Africa, WHO declares a global health emergency—again

Two years after global outbreak, rapid spread of new variant on the African continent triggers fresh alarm

BY KAI KUPFERSCHMIDT 14 AUG 2024 

8. Some bats may use ultraviolet glowing toes to communicate with their kin

The study is the first to identify UV glowing in live bats

BY RODRIGO PÉREZ ORTEGA 14 AUG 2024 

9. Does the Moon need its own time zone?

Science speaks with a physicist who helped calculate what time it is on the lunar surface

BY HANNAH RICHTER 14 AUG 2024 

10. Will regulators OK controversial effort to supercharge ocean’s ability to absorb carbon?

Geoengineering study that would disperse alkaline chemicals off Cape Cod draws environmental opposition

BY WARREN CORNWALL 14 AUG 2024 

11. Budding scientists inherit career success—or the lack of it—from their mentors

Great Gatsby Curve, which outlines generational wealth, has a corollary in academia, researchers find

BY HOLLY ELSE 14 AUG 2024 

12. The Colorado River delta is showing signs of life after U.S.-Mexico deal to restore water

Bird and tree populations rebounding after decadelong restoration effort

BY ROBERTO GONZÁLEZ 14 AUG 2024 

13. This odd fish has 30 times as much DNA as humans—a new record for animals

Lacking key genes that control selfish bits of DNA, the South American lungfish’s genome just grew and grew

BY ELIZABETH PENNISI 14 AUG 2024 

14. Not all drugs work the same in Indigenous groups with ‘very large’ genetic differences

Study of various groups across South America reveal importance of more representation in genomic studies

BY RODRIGO PÉREZ ORTEGA 13 AUG 2024 

15. Space telescope data reignite debate over how fast universe is expanding—and whether ‘new physics’ is needed

Triple measurement of the Hubble constant using JWST suggests unidentified biases may account for disparate results

BY DANIEL CLERY 13 AUG 2024 

16. An unexpected gene may help determine whether you survive flu or COVID-19

Study of blood from severely ill patients implicates a gene involved in the production of fatty acids

BY JON COHEN 13 AUG 2024

17. Seeking ‘proactive and aggressive’ response, Africa declares mpox a health emergency

As cases rise and virus crosses borders, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention for the first time invokes a continentwide alarm

BY JON COHEN 13 AUG 2024