Cancer
Fungi Lurk Inside Cancers—and Might Speed Their Growth
Thousands of tumor samples provide the clearest link yet between cancer and fungi, but more research is needed
Nature
Fossil Fuels
What Do Mysterious Nord Stream Methane Leaks Mean for Climate Change?
Researchers are rushing to calculate the greenhouse-gas emissions resulting from mysterious leaks in major gas pipelines that connect Russia to Europe
Neurology
Alzheimer’s Drug Slows Mental Decline in Trial—But Is It a Breakthrough?
Researchers are cautiously optimistic following companies’ announcement of positive results for lecanemab
Planetary Science
Fresh Images Reveal Fireworks from DART’s Asteroid Impact
The celestial crash between NASA’s DART spacecraft and the asteroid Dimorphos is yielding spectacular pictures and data
Planetary Science
China’s Mars Rover Finds Hints of Catastrophic Floods
Radar images from the Zhurong rover reveal clues to the history of a largely unexplored region
Biotech
AlphaFold Developers Win $3-Million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
DeepMind’s system for predicting the 3D structure of proteins is among five recipients of science’s most lucrative awards
Extraterrestrial Life
Perseverance Mars Rover Makes ‘Fantastic’ Find in Search for Past Life
NASA’s Perseverance rover has collected four rock samples from an ancient river delta where organisms might have thrived
Sociology
What’s the Science of Public Grief?
Most of the people mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth II were not close to her—research can shed light on the nature of their grief
Archaeology
Prehistoric Child’s Amputation Is Oldest Surgery of Its Kind
A skeleton missing its lower left leg and dated to 31,000 years ago provides the earliest known evidence for surgical limb removal
Climate Change
Why Are Pakistan’s Floods So Extreme This Year?
One third of the country is underwater following an intense heat wave and a long monsoon that has dumped a record amount of rain
