Weekly Headlines (excerpts)

1. ‘I’m never going to be Tony’: Jeanne Marrazzo, Anthony Fauci’s successor, vows a new direction at NIAID

A longtime HIV prevention researcher sees need for more “holistic” approach to community health problems

 BY JON COHEN   8 MAR 2024

2. Online marketplace for animal samples could cut waste and save lives

First-of-its-kind platform will allow scientists to share tissues, organs, and other biological materials

 BY MARÍA DE LOS ÁNGELES ORFILA  8 MAR 2024

3. Unborn planets, living fossils, and more stories you might have missed this week

A roundup of some of our favorite items from the Science Adviser daily newsletter

 BY PHIE JACOBS   8 MAR 2024

4. Can babies infected with HIV be cured? New study offers cautious optimism

Immediate treatment gave kids a leg up on virus—several who stopped the drugs are in virus-free “remission” for prolonged periods

BY JON COHEN  7 MAR 2024

5. This tiny swimming robot can think for itself

Microscopic machines possess enough computing power to perform simple tasks autonomously

BY ADRIAN CHO   7 MAR 2024

6. News at a glance: Methane-hunting satellite, Elsevier’s earnings, and protecting Kinsey

The latest in science and policy

BY SCIENCE NEWS STAFF   7 MAR 2024

7. Watch a snakelike creature feed ‘milk’ to its young

Caecilians are the first-known amphibians to engage in this form of parental care

BY ELI RAMOS   7 MAR 2024

8. Stone tools in Ukraine were left by Europe’s first known humans

Primitive tools help trace the paths of Homo erectus out of Africa

BY BRIDGET ALEX   6 MAR 2024

9. Check out some of the most unusual exhibits from a digital ‘cabinet of curiosities’

Five years after its start, the openVertebrate project has made thousands of 3D natural history specimens available for free online

BY PHIE JACOBS   6 MAR 2024

10. Dengue is raging in Brazil. A promising local vaccine is at least a year away

Record-breaking outbreak, fueled by an unusually hot rainy season, is disproportionally affecting poor people

BY MARCIA TRIUNFOL   5 MAR 2024

11. Where did India’s people come from? Massive genetic study reveals surprises

Analysis confirms Iranian influx, but also finds genes from Neanderthals and a mysterious human ancestor

BY MICHAEL PRICE   4 MAR 2024

12. These gars are the ultimate ‘living fossils’

Fish’s genomes are so static that groups whose last common ancestor lived during the time of the dinosaurs can produce fertile hybrids today

BY AMANDA HEIDT   4 MAR 2024