Weekly Headlines (Excerpts)

1. Ice cores finger obscure Pacific volcano as cause of 19th century climate disaster

The 1831 eruption of Zavaritskii volcano in Kuril Islands sparked cropped failures and famines

BY RICHARD STONE 30 DEC 2024 

2. Ants best humans at test of collective intelligence

Insects put their minds together in ways that sometimes eludes people

BY CHRISTIE WILCOX 30 DEC 2024 

3. Science editors pick their most memorable stories of the year

A rundown of the biggest stories that stuck with our news editors this year

BY CHRISTIE WILCOX 27 DEC 2024 

4. NIH launches initiative to double check biomedical studies

But so far, few investigators seem interested in having a contract lab repeat their experiments

BY JOCELYN KAISER 26 DEC 2024 

5. Perfecting academic writing, facing fraud: Science’s top personal essays of this year

Our Working Life essays highlight the people behind the research and lessons learned as they overcome personal and professional challenges

BY KATIE LANGIN 26 DEC 2024 

6. After years of war, can Syria rebuild its ‘miserable’ scientific community?

Syrian researchers around the world begin to plan for the nation’s future

BY RICHARD STONE 23 DEC 2024 

7. Trump names OSTP director as part of White House tech team

Michael Kratsios and Lynne Parker would reprise their roles in first Trump administration and work with AI czar

BY JEFFREY MERVIS 23 DEC 2024