Weekly Headlines (excerpts)

1. Need to keep your picnic cool? Try mushrooms instead of dry ice
By Elizabeth Pennisi | Fri, 5 May 2023

2. Pandemic emergencies grind to a halt
Fri, 5 May 2023

3. Twist of fate: What happens when a top Parkinson’s researcher gets the disease?
By Meredith Wadman | Thu, 4 May 2023

4. Supply of monkeys for research is at a crisis point, U.S. government report concludes
By David Grimm | Thu, 4 May 2023

5. ‘Lost’ microbial genes found in dental plaque of ancient humans
By Andrew Curry | Thu, 4 May 2023

6. A farewell to the particle accelerator that was my father’s baby
By Adrian Cho | Thu, 4 May 2023

7. A dying star consumes a planet, foreshadowing Earth’s fate
By Daniel Clery | Wed, 3 May 2023

8. Who wore this ancient deer pendant? DNA reveals a Stone Age woman with surprising origins
By Ann Gibbons | Wed, 3 May 2023

9. ‘It’s not a miracle drug’: Eli Lilly’s antibody slows Alzheimer’s disease but safety issues linger
By John Travis | Wed, 3 May 2023

10. Conservation app’s censoring of observation data could hurt threatened species, scientists argue
By Katherine Irving | Tue, 2 May 2023

11. Dredged lake sediment could nourish new crops
By Christian Elliott | Tue, 2 May 2023

12. Cesarean deliveries are rising in Rwanda. AI could reduce the risks
By Shefali Malhotra | Tue, 2 May 2023

13. Scientists use AI to decipher words and sentences from brain scans
By Claudia Lopez Lloreda | Mon, 1 May 2023

14. Fossil-rich Welsh quarry yields trove of soft-bodied animals at dawn of modern life
By Elizabeth Pennisi | Mon, 1 May 2023

15. Burst of brain activity during dying could explain life passing before your eyes
By Sara Reardon | Mon, 1 May 2023

16. This Brazilian frog might be the first pollinating amphibian known to science
By Annie Roth | Mon, 1 May 2023