Weekly Headlines (Excerpts)

1. Little-known arm of immune system could be key to better vaccines, cancer therapies

The CD1 system responds to lipids, not proteins, driving reactions to bee stings, bacteria, and possibly poison ivy

24 Sep 2026 By Mitch Leslie 

2．Can an AI feel pain? It can at least act like it does

Study reignites debate over what, if anything, machines can feel

23 Sep 2026 By Tom Howarth 

3．Submerged land bridge may have helped people cross the Mediterranean

A campaign to map and sample the bridge could help reconstruct ancient animal migrations

22 Sep 2026 By Hannah Richter 

 4．Single wildfire smoke exposure causes lasting harm, monkey study suggests

Infant macaques showed immune changes and signs of faster aging years after inhaling smoke

22 Sep 2026 By Sara Reardon

5．One of nature’s greatest marine wonders may be about to vanish

An algal bloom has almost wiped out a unique population of giant cuttlefish—and their stunning mating swarms

2 Sep 2026 By Erik Stokstad 

6．DNA analysis strengthens evidence that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings

Researchers sequenced president’s genome from a lock of hair taken shortly after his death, then compared his DNA with that of Hemings’s living descendants

22 Sep 2026 By Ailie McWhinnie 

7．How the ‘fire amoeba’ withstands temperatures that would kill most complex life

Incendiamoeba cascadensis may survive in volcanic lakes thanks to a static blanket that shields its proteins from the heat

22 Sep 2026 By Taylor Mitchell Brown 

8．This dolphin chased a fish until it puked—then ate the vomit

The behavior, known as kleptoparasitism, marks one of the few well-documented examples of a cetacean stealing food

21 Sep 2026 By Sahas Mehra 

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