Weekly Headlines (Excerpts)

1. Science investigation casts doubt on genes hailed for warding off Alzheimer’s disease

Mutations found in Colombian families raised hopes for treatments. Altered patient data and suspect images call their benefits into question

 13 Aug 2026 By Charles Piller, Jennie Erin Smith 

2. A new explanation of why the universe’s supply of nuclear matter is fixed?

Experiments point to an alternative origin of a particle accounting tool called the baryon number

13 Aug 2026 By Adrian Cho 

3. Can a new, safer class of pain drugs ever rival opioids?

Sodium channel blockers promise relief without addiction risk. But it’s been a challenge to improve them

 12 Aug 2026 By Jennie Erin Smith 

4. Denisovans towered over their contemporaries and munched a bunch of meat

A pair of studies dissects the stature and diets of our mysterious archaic cousins

 12 Aug 2026 By Taylor Mitchell Brown 

5. New telescope reveals a missing link in the cosmic recycling of matter

With a lens array in Chile, astronomers capture clumps of gas from a dying star returning to the Galaxy

 12 Aug 2026 By Daniel Clery 

6. ‘Mismatched’ vaccine being rolled out against Ebola outbreak

Amid ethical questions, DRC proceeds with shot that may offer some protection against the Bundibugyo virus

 11 Aug 2026 By Kai Kupferschmidt 

7. Behold the ‘glueball,’ a strange new form of matter

Collider in China forges elusive particle, made of force-carrying gluons

 11 Aug 2026 By Julia Vaz 

8. Gut microbes may help wild horses evolve to survive harsh Canadian winters

Study is first to show that the bacteria in an animal’s gut can give it an evolutionary leg up

 11 Aug 2026 By Sara Reardon 

9. Newly discovered virus is sickening cattle in Western Europe

The pathogen, which reduces milk production, is the latest midge-transmitted virus affecting ruminants to reach the continent

 11 Aug 2026 By Kai Kupferschmidt 

10. How Europe can prevent a repeat of this year’s devastating wildfires

As climate change heats up the continent, experts say countries must shift focus toward preventing fires, rather than just suppressing them

 10 Aug 2026 By Ailie McWhinnie 

11. Drought may have driven Brazil’s first yellow fever outbreak in nearly 80 years

Dry conditions forced forest-dwelling primates into the cities, bringing with them mosquitoes—and disease

 14 Aug 2026   By Ailie McWhinnie 

 12. Surprising uniqueness of Puerto Rico’s trees could make them more resistant to drought    

Two trees from the same species can vary in how they transport and manage water, improving specieswide drought resilience

 14 Aug 2026   By Mona Patterson

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