Weekly recaps

It was a good week for space research, as NASA's Curiosity rover exposed a region of Mars rich with pure sulfur, the first time the element has been seen in its pure form on the planet. Also, while investigating the supermassive ...

It was a good week for biology research as an international team of geneticists and AI experts reframed the narrative of Neanderthals and other ancient humans through their study of the history of genetic intermingling—adding ...

It was an interesting week for human history research, as a team with the Danish National Research Foundation's Center for Ecological Dynamics in a Novel Biosphere, at Aarhus University, found evidence that, over time, humans ...

It was a good week for biology research, as a team of environmental scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison found that wolves reintroduced to Isle Royale temporarily affected other carnivores, while humans had ...

It was a good week for space science as an international team of astrophysicists studying data from the James Webb Space Telescope observed a mature quasar at cosmic dawn, which they described as a black hole of inexplicable ...

It was a good week for space science, as an international team of researchers used high-resolution color images from the Bernese Mars camera CaSSIS onboard the European Space Agency's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter spacecraft ...

It was an interesting week for physics research as Richard Lieu, a professor at the University of Alabama, proposed that gravity can exist without mass, mitigating the need for dark matter in hypothetical theories that have ...

It was a good week for the study of ancient creatures, as a team with members from Germany, the U.S. and Australia, applied a new type of technology to existing fossil finds. Called zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry, the ...

It was a good week for human history research as a team of archaeologists at the University of Bern accurately dated a 7,000-year-old prehistoric settlement using cosmic rays. By combining tree ring growth with an unusual ...

It was a good week for space research, as a NASA team working on the Juno space probe project published high definition views of Europa's icy shell—the images support a theory that the icy crusts at the north and south ...

It was a good week for the biological sciences, as a team of researchers in the U.S., led by groups from Oklahoma State University and the University of Florida, explored which is better for your dog, kibble or raw meat, ...

It was a good week for physics, as a team from the Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology, working with the National Metrology Institute Braunschweig reported that classical quantum physics and nuclear physics can ...