Metallurgy, Chemicals

Sugar ants even prefer it to sugar water".

Beams of radio waves used to knock satellite-killing particles into Earth’s atmosphere".

Insects can recognize scenery forward and backward".

When another African gray parrot needs help, its partner “lends a wing”".

Delivered DNA integrates into host genome, stabilizing protein production but stirring fears of mutating cell growth genes".

Predatory publishers’ papers—long feared to contaminate the literature—may have little research impact".

Unusual protein aggregates could have preserved the Iron Age brain".

Academy commission's probe of domestic journals causes "conflict and tension"".

On this week’s show: What happens when you put two people into a tiny tube and watch the blood flow in their brains, and what it means to make a reasonable decision versus a rational one".

Firings at Moffitt Cancer Center trigger investigation by state legislators".

A modern “space race” has formed in pursuit of supposedly unstoppable weaponry".

This week’s top Science news".

Setup offers a way to turn sunlight into methane".

On this week’s show: An investigation into missing clinical trial results and links between our microbiome and diseases like atherosclerosis, diabetes, and cancer".

TMT opponents try to win over other astronomers in priority-setting decadal survey".

Not that there’s anything wrong with that!".

New work suggests overproduction of proteins from a cell therapy sets off a dangerous side effect".

Agency aims to make authoritative Indicators report more timely".

Bacteria produce “living concrete”".

Insect devours a dangerous pest, but trees are still at risk".