Weekly Headlines (excerpts)

1. World’s largest ‘scent arena’ reveals bloody preferences of mosquitoes
By Kate Hull | Fri, 19 May 2023

2. Ketamine no better than placebo at alleviating depression, unusual trial finds
By Claudia Lopez Lloreda | Fri, 19 May 2023

3. FDA advisers agree maternal RSV vaccine protects infants, but are divided on its safety
By Meredith Wadman | Fri, 19 May 2023

4. Scientists prevent signs of aging in zebrafish by targeting the gut
By Sara Reardon | Fri, 19 May 2023

5. This cave-dwelling eel is going blind, by losing one eye at a time
By Richard Pallardy | Thu, 18 May 2023

6. ‘Game changer.’ Scientists are genetically engineering crops to clone themselves
By Erik Stokstad | Thu, 18 May 2023

7. Comb jelly ancestor may have been first animal to branch from tree of life
By Elise Overgaard | Wed, 17 May 2023

8. Watch this spider crawl like an ant to avoid being eaten
By Claudia Lopez Lloreda | Wed, 17 May 2023

9. Quakes and blasts help scientists understand Earth’s elusive inner core
By Paul Voosen | Wed, 17 May 2023

10. Cleaning up ocean ‘garbage patches’ could destroy delicate ecosystems
By Ashley Balzer Vigil | Wed, 17 May 2023

11. Failed cancer therapy revived as powerful tumor killer when combined with newer drugs
By Mitch Leslie | Tue, 16 May 2023

12. Damage delays restart of Italy’s giant gravitational wave detector
By Adrian Cho | Tue, 16 May 2023

13. Widely used chemical strongly linked to Parkinson’s disease
By Meredith Wadman | Mon, 15 May 2023

14. Mountain gorillas bounce back from rough childhoods better than many humans and other primates
By Michael Price | Mon, 15 May 2023

15. Privacy concerns sparked by human DNA accidentally collected in studies of other species
By Gretchen Vogel | Mon, 15 May 2023

16. ‘Dream glove’ boosts creativity during sleep
By Sofia Moutinho | Mon, 15 May 2023

17. Weird alien world may be a planetary sauna
By Jonathan O’Callaghan | Mon, 15 May 2023