Weekly Headlines (Excerpts)

1. Being a taller tree doesn’t doom you to drought after all

New study challenges idea that tall trees’ hydraulics make them more vulnerable to dry conditions

 2 Jul 2026 By Mona Patterson 

2. First-ever treatment trial for Ebola Bundibugyo kicks off in the Congo

Scientists will test an antiviral drug and an antibody cocktail designed to tame the burgeoning outbreak

 2 Jul 2026 By Kai Kupferschmidt 

3. A key Arctic science outpost finds itself tangled in a geopolitical web

Svalbard is warming faster than almost anywhere on Earth, but security concerns are tightening access to its glaciers, fjords, and sea floor

 2 Jul 2026 By Richard Stone 

4. How an ancient continental breakup helped spawn the Antarctic Ice Sheet

Mantle waves and tectonic stretching lofted polar mountains into a deep freeze

 2 Jul 2026 By Paul Voosen 

5. These flesh-eating ‘superworms’ can clean a skeleton in hours

Darkling beetle larvae could provide museum curators a new way to preserve animal skeletons for display

 1 Jul 2026 By Yejin Lhee 

6. Lab-created ‘SpudCell’ marks ‘stunning’ step toward building life from scratch

A synthetic cell can now grow and divide—but it’s still far from alive

 1 Jul 2026 By Kai Kupferschmidt 

7. Proposed new satellite fleets could overwhelm the night sky

Orbiting data centers and sunlight reflectors would scupper astronomy by leaving streaks on telescope images and brightening skies, study finds

 1 Jul 2026 By Daniel Clery 

8. Rubin observatory begins a 10-year movie of the changing universe

World’s biggest digital camera will repeatedly scan the sky, spotting cosmic explosions while building up a deep map of billions of galaxies

 30 Jun 2026 By Daniel Clery 

9. Scientists have discovered only a tiny fraction of living insect species

About 1 million insect species have been described, but a new analysis suggests tens of millions more may be out there

 29 Jun 2026 By Annie Roth 

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