Weekly Headlines (excerpts)

1. Ancient glue, crochet microbes, and more stories you might have missed this week

A roundup of some of our favorite items from the ScienceAdviser daily newsletter

BY PHIE JACOBS 23 FEB 2024

2. Poised to be first widely consumed gene-edited animals, virus-resistant pigs trot toward market

Company says it is near U.S. approval for pigs safe from porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome

BY JON COHEN 23 FEB 2024

3. Texas company lands first private spacecraft on the Moon

NASA-funded mission is first U.S. soft landing since Apollo

BY PAUL VOOSEN 23 FEB 2024

4. Tinkering with fungus genes can turn blue cheeses red, green, or white

Scientists discover how Gorgonzola and Roquefort get their striking color—and how to change it

BY KAI KUPFERSCHMIDT 23 FEB 2024

5. In massive underwater mountain range, scientists find more than 100 new species

Seamounts off the coast of Chile host a diverse, delicate ecosystem

BY ELI RAMOS 22 FEB 2024

6. News at a glance: Protecting a queen, cell therapy for solid tumors, and a UV telescope

The latest in science and policy

BY SCIENCE NEWS STAFF 22 FEB 2024

7. A deadly viral illness is exploding in West Africa. Researchers are scrambling to figure out why

Lassa fever, a rodent-borne disease long neglected by research, is killing thousands every year

BY LESLIE ROBERTS 22 FEB 2024

8. Dramatic shift in ice age rhythm pinned to carbon dioxide

Southern Ocean “pump” sparked deep freezes, new temperature record shows

BY PAUL VOOSEN  22 FEB 2024

9. Stellar remains of famed 1987 supernova found at last

NASA’s JWST telescope spots fluorescing gas inflamed by surviving neutron star

BY DANIEL CLERY 22 FEB 2024

10. Transgender men may still ovulate after hormone replacement therapy

A new study suggests about one-third of trans men taking testosterone could still be producing eggs every month

BY ELI RAMOS 22 FEB 2024

11. Powerful new antivenom raises hopes for a universal solution to lethal snakebites

Synthetic antibody neutralizes a key neurotoxin in different snakes from Asia and Africa

BY CHRISTIE WILCOX 21 FEB 2024

12. Sweeping chronic fatigue study brings clues but not clarity to mysterious syndrome

“Megaworkup” revealed brain and immune differences in a small patient group

BY JENNIFER COUZIN-FRANKEL 21 FEB 2024

13. Down syndrome identified in 2600-year-old infants through their DNA

Study shows power of paleogenomics to explore incidence of disability in the past

BY ANDREW CURRY 20 FEB 2024

14. Quarter-million genomes analyzed in NIH project could be ‘hugely important’ for identifying disease risks

All of Us finds many millions of new DNA variants as it moves toward 1 million participants from diverse backgrounds

BY JOCELYN KAISER 19 FEB 2024

15. DNA from enslaved 19th century Maryland girl traced forward to living relatives

“Amazing” link to toddler shows how DNA could help fill in African American family histories lost to slavery

BY ANDREW CURRY 17 FEB 2024