Top science news headlines for the week 05

Monday, Jan 29
Space Exploration
1326

Japan's moon lander comes back to life

Plants & Animals
799

First-ever sighting of a live newborn great white may help solve longstanding mystery in shark science

Evolution
587

Inner ear of 6-million-year-old ape fossil reveals clues about the evolution of human movement

Biotechnology
424

Team develops a non-allergenic wheat protein for growing better cultivated meat

Plants & Animals
380

Expert explains why North American bird populations are declining

Astrobiology
319

Researchers are spying for signs of life among exoplanet atmospheres

Biochemistry
308

An enzyme used in laundry detergent can recycle single-use plastics within 24 hours

Tuesday, Jan 30
Plants & Animals
452

Scientists pinpoint growth of brain's cerebellum as key to evolution of bird flight

Archaeology
331

Study of ancient adornments suggests nine distinct cultures lived in Europe during the Paleolithic

Planetary Sciences
326

New Wolf in the pack: Astronomers discover an ultra-short-period super-Earth

Optics & Photonics
312

A Trojan approach to guide and trap light beams via Lagrange points

Biotechnology
237

Using CRISPR technology, researchers succeed in growing tomatoes that consume less water without compromising yield

Plants & Animals
218

Research shows goats can tell if you are happy or angry by your voice alone

Earth Sciences
178

Global warming caused widespread ocean anoxia 93 million years ago, deep-sea sediments research suggests

Wednesday, Jan 31
Earth Sciences
704

Scientists reveal how tar particles from wildfire smoke absorb and refract solar radiation, light in atmosphere

Archaeology
325

Neanderthals and humans lived side by side in Northern Europe 45,000 years ago, genetic analysis finds

Earth Sciences
191

Trees struggle to 'breathe' as climate warms, researchers find

Astronomy
179

Researchers investigate the nature of a recently discovered very-high-energy source

Plants & Animals
175

As sea otters recolonize California estuary, they restore its degraded geology

General Physics
171

First tetratomic supermolecules realized at nanokelvin temperatures

Condensed Matter
161

Researchers discover new ways to excite spin waves with extreme infrared light

Thursday, Feb 01
Archaeology
273

Experiments suggest ancient four-holed ivory baton was used to make rope

Condensed Matter
226

Physicists develop highly robust time crystal

Earth Sciences
208

Rapid climate change may be causing Greenland's bedrock to rise, forming small islands

Space Exploration
139

Skyscraper-size asteroid will buzz Earth on Friday, safely passing within 1.7 million miles

Optics & Photonics
120

Device could jumpstart work toward quantum internet

Plants & Animals
120

New genus of 'alien-faced' multi-legged forest dwellers discovered

Astronomy
90

Observations shed more light on the properties of the nearest tidal disruption event