Science Stories for 2022

'If Aliens Contact Humanity, Who Decides What We Do Next?' 172
Ancient Cats Migrated With Humans All Over the World 26
MIT's Newest fMRI Study: 'This is Your Brain on Code' 9
SpaceX Caps '22 With Record-Setting 61st Falcon 9 Launch 24
First 'Virovore' Discovered: an Organism That Eats Viruses 43
NASA Mulls SpaceX Backup Plan For Crew of Russia's Leaky Soyuz Ship 61
Every Planet In the Solar System Will Be Visible Tonight 28
The Rise and Bigger Rise of Mediterranean Sea Levels 17
SpaceX Launches 54 Upgraded Starlink Internet Satellites; Completes 60th Mission of the Year 74
Scientists Develop Blood Test For Alzheimer's Disease 18
Psychedelic Drugs May Launch a New Era in Psychiatric Treatment, Brain Scientists Say 75
Neuroscientists Have Created a Mood Decoder That Can Measure Depression 56
Big Nonprofit Hospitals Expand in Wealthier Areas, Shun Poorer Ones 216
AI Has Changed the Way We Explore Our Solar System 12
Donald Knuth's 2022 'Christmas Tree' Lecture Is About Trees 11
How One Man Proved No Snowflakes Are Alike 45
Could We Make It To Mars Without NASA? 132
'Classifying Aging as a Disease Could Speed FDA Drug Approvals' 125
Gene-edited Hens May End Cull of Billions of Chicks 118
EPA Tightens Rules on Pollution From Vans, Buses and Trucks 63
John Cleese's Classic 'Silly Walk' Burns More Calories Than a Normal Gait, Study Finds 81
Scientists Created Male and Female Cells From a Single Person 131
NASA's InSight Mission Officially Over 17
Rocket Lab's First Mission From Virginia Delayed Until 2023 3
After a Long Struggle With Martian Dust, NASA's InSight Probe Has Gone Quiet 54
Wind Power on Mars Can Power Human Habitats, Scientists Discover 86
Scientists Freeze Great Barrier Reef Coral in World-First Trial 16
Could Aspartame Be Linked to Increased Anxiety in Generations of Mice? 60
Researchers Propose New Structures To Harvest Untapped Source of Freshwater 85
China Maps Out Plans to Put Astronauts on the Moon - and on Mars 56
First Human Trials Test Light and Sound Therapy For Alzheimer's Disease 23
Soyuz Spacecraft Docked To ISS Springs Coolant Leak 23
NASA To Conduct First Global Water Survey From Space 6
Genome Sequencing Trial To Test Benefits of Identifying Genetic Diseases At Birth 64
Moderna Says mRNA Cancer Vaccine Reduces Melanoma's Return By 44% 88
Scientists Achieve Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough With Blast of 192 Lasers 162
Gold Nano-Coating Works Like an Anti-Fog Heating Element For Glasses 35
Teenager's Incurable Cancer Cleared With Revolutionary DNA-Editing Technique 78
Why the Laws of Physics Don't Actually Exist 177
After 25 Days in Space, NASA's Orion Moon Capsule Successfully Splashes Down 42
'The 10 Most Promising Breakthrough Innovations of 2022' 60
What Causes Alzheimer's? Scientists Are Rethinking the Answer 41
Hubble Detects Ghostly Glow Surrounding Our Solar System 17
Mars May Have Active Volcanoes, Adding New Promise To Search for Extraterrestrial Life 20
NASA'S ICON Space Weather Satellite Has Suddenly Gone Silent 29
Japanese Billionaire Unveils the 8 Artists He'll Fly To the Moon On SpaceX's Starship dearMoon Flight 76
Former Theranos COO Sunny Balwani Sentenced To Nearly 13 Years In Prison 73
Gut Bacteria Are Linked To Depression 86
'NASA's Plan To Make JWST Data Immediately Available Will Hurt Astronomy' 135
Work Begins in Western Australia on World's Most Powerful Radio Telescopes 11
As the Arctic Warms, Beavers Are Moving In 65
Stanford Investigates Its President Over Allegations of Past Research Misconduct 22
Physicists Use Google's Quantum Computer to Create Holographic Wormhole Between Black Holes 55
Computer Program For Particle Physics At Risk of Obsolescence 105
Astronomers Say a New, Huge Satellite Is As Bright As the Brightest Stars 83
Government Scientists 'Approaching What is Required for Fusion' in Breakthrough Energy Research 135
An Ancient Asteroid Impact May Have Caused a Megatsunami on Mars 16
Scientists Have Created the World's Smallest Organism That Moves With Genetic Engineering 11
Brains of Post-Pandemic Teens Show Signs of Faster Aging, Study Finds 45
Sperm Counts Worldwide Are Plummeting Faster Than We Thought 289
Neuralink Expects Human Trials Within Six Months 118
Scientists Build 'Baby' Wormhole 117
Cocaine Synthesized In a Tobacco Plant 87
Alzheimer's Drug Lecanemab Hailed As Momentous Breakthrough 48
Two Minerals Never Before Been Seen On Earth Found Inside 17-Ton Meteorite 14
Chinese Astronauts Board Space Station In Historic Mission 38
China Launches Astronauts To Newly Completed Space Station 90
Artemis: NASA's Orion Capsule Breaks Distance Record 37
Japanese Researchers Faked Data In Spaceflight Simulation 41
Scientists Say Webb Telescope's New Exoplanet Data is 'a Game Changer' 14
CNN: NASA Discovery Reveals There May Have Been Life on Mars 100
A Light-powered Catalyst Could Be Key For Hydrogen Economy 80
SpaceX Launches Tomato Seeds, Other Supplies to Space Station 28
Universal Flu Vaccine May Be Available Within Two Years, Says Scientist 283
FDA Approves Most Expensive Drug Ever, a $3.5 Million-per-Dose Gene Therapy For Hemophilia B 195
ESA Names World's First Disabled Astronaut 46
Storms Can Cause Landslides Days Later, Scientists Find 12
Parents Welcome Twins From Embryos Frozen 30 Years Ago 61
Pale Moon Becomes First Browser To Support JPEG-XL Image Format 96
Artemis Takeoff Causes Severe Damage To NASA Launch Pad 142
Nasa's Orion Capsule Reaches Moon on Way To Record-Breaking Lunar Orbit 60
The Red Sea's Coral Reefs Defy the Climate-Change Odds 18
Stagnant Scientific Productivity Holding Back Growth 89
Leprosy Bacteria Might Be Able To Regenerate Organs 48
Beyond Spike Proteins: Researchers Suggest New Design for Longer Lasting Covid Vaccines: 106
Measuring Virus Exposure Risk Using a CO2 Sensor While Traveling 61
Will FTX's Collapse Strand Scientists? 82
Will Neural Sensors Lead to Workplace Brain Scanning? 68
Do Screens Before Bedtime Actually Improve Your Sleep? 45
The World Votes to Stop Adding 'Leap Seconds' to Official Clocks 106
FDA Approves a Treatment that Delays Onset of Type 1 Diabetes 33
Competition Between Respiratory Viruses May Hold Off a 'Tripledemic' This Winter 88
Scroll Through the Universe With a New Interactive Map 15
Earth Now Weighs Six Ronnagrams: New Metric Prefixes Voted In 81
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes Sentenced To More Than 11 Years In Prison 158
The Surprising Afterlife of Unwanted Atom Bombs 122
Rocket Launch Thrusts India Deeper Into Space Exploration Race 9
Vaccine Shown To Prolong Life of Patients With Aggressive Brain Cancer 69
Lab-Grown Meat is OK For Human Consumption, FDA Says 142
Scientists Are Uncovering Ominous Waters Under Antarctic Ice 37
James Webb Telescope Reveals Celestial Hourglass Formed By Embryonic Star 16
Cows Fed Hemp Produced Milk With THC, Researchers Say 71
Fentanyl Vaccine Developed By Researchers Could Eliminate Drug's 'High' 154
Google's Moonshot Lab Is Now in the Strawberry-Counting Business 11
NASA Launches Artemis 1 Mission To the Moon 113
NASA Clears Artemis 1 Moon Rocket For Nov. 16 Launch Despite Storm Damage [UPDATE] 15
Amazon Starts Virtual Health Referral Service Linking Patients to Doctors 21
Studies Find Automatic Braking Can Cut Crashes Over 40% 176
Waymo Is Using Its Self-Driving Taxis To Create Real-Time Weather Maps 15
World's Largest Telescope Array Is Almost Ready To Stare Straight Into the Sun 31
The First Cubesat To Fly and Operate At the Moon Has Successfully Arrived 34
Douglas Adams was Right. Science Journal Proves 42 Is the Address of the Universe 98
Should Functional Programming Be the Future of Software Development? 186
'Iceman' Discovery Wasn't a Freak Event. More Frozen Mummies May Await 36
After 908 Days in Orbit, US Military's X-37B Space Plane Finally Lands 25
Lucid Dying: Patients Recall Near-Death Experiences During CPR 170
Prosecutors Seek 15-Year Prison Sentence for Theranos' Elizabeth Homes, $800M Restitution 112
CRISPR Cancer Trial Success Paves the Way For Personalized Treatments 22
Single Hubble Image Captured Supernova At Three Different Times 9
Debris From Destroyed Space Shuttle Challenger Found On Ocean Floor 36 Years On 31
New Drug Reverses Neural and Cognitive Effects of a Concussion 21
Police Use DNA Phenotyping To Limit Pool of Suspects To 15,000 50
NASA Launched an Inflatable Flying Saucer, Then Landed It in the Ocean 24
China Scraps Expendable Long March 9 Rocket Plan In Favor of Reusable Version 35
NASA Will Leave Its $4.1 Billion Rocket Outside As Nicole Approaches Florida 71
Psychedelic Drug Research Held Back By UK Rules and Attitudes, Say Scientists 34
Low Notes Really Do Get People Dancing, Research Finds 30
A Total Lunar Eclipse is Happening Tuesday - and It Won't Happen Again For 3 Years 39
Bar-tailed Godwit Sets World Record With 13,560km Continuous Flight 29
Astronomers Find a Black Hole in Our Cosmic Back Yard 21
Lab-grown Blood Given To People in World-First Clinical Trial 24
China Criticized For 'Unplanned' Tumbling of Its Booster Rockets Back to Earth 99
Could 'Ghost Particle' Neutrinos Crashing Into Antarctica Change Astronomy Forever? 29
Psychedelic Mushroom Dose Can Treat Stubborn Depression, Trial Suggests 54
Pfizer Study Says the Updated COVID Boosters Significantly Rev Up Protection 268
Boeing's Starliner Launch Pushed Back To April 2023 61
Virgin Galactic Delays Development of Ship Capable of Higher Flight Rate 26
Study Urges Caution When Comparing Neural Networks To the Brain 167
Scientists Discover Huge 'Extragalactic Structure' in Hidden Region of Space 30
Scientists Zap Clouds With Electricity To Make Them Rain 29
Toxic Cleanup Technique Can Get More Rare Earth Metals Out of Ores 5
SpaceX Is Now Building a Raptor Engine a Day, NASA Says 140
CVS, Walgreens To Pay More Than $10 Billion To Settle Opioid Lawsuits 55
Black Holes Can Behave Like Quantum Particles 42
SpaceX Launches First Falcon Heavy Mission in Three Years 32
Scientists Find Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Hiding In the Sun's Glare 37
China Launches Final Module To Complete Tiangong Space Station 18
Former World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov Hospitalized In Serious Condition 67
Why Mathematicians Study Knots 19
Behavior of Star Clusters Challenges Newton's Laws of Gravity 90
'Science Has a Nasty Photoshopping Problem' 190
The World Is Running Out of Helium. Why Doctors are Worried 130
Space Station Astronauts Spot the World's Largest Methane Polluters 41
A Space Rock Smashed Into Mars' Equator - and Revealed Chunks of Ice 39
Study Suggests Blood Pressure Meds May Reduce Risk of Dementia 29
First-Ever Study Shows Bumble Bees 'Play' 32
'Miracle' Baby Opens Debate Over Possible Use of Centuries-old Sperm 57
US Embassies May Have Accidentally Improved Air Quality 26
SpaceX Becomes NASA's Second-Largest Vendor, Surpassing Boeing 55
Europe Now Has So Much Natural Gas That Prices Just Dipped Below Zero 183
Scientists Discover Material That Can Be Made Like a Plastic But Conducts Like a Metal 18
Extremophiles On Mars Could Survive For Hundreds of Millions of Years 36
Swarming Bees May Potentially Change the Weather 36
Atmospheric Levels of All Three Greenhouse Gases Hit Record High 143
New Discovery Could Reduce the Number of Potentially Habitable Planets 104
Fungal Disease Spiked During Covid Pandemic and Pathogens Spreading Due To Climate Crisis, WHO Says 33
NASA Kicks Off Independent UFO Study 68
Math Scores Fell In Nearly Every State, Reading Dipped On National Exam 196
Chip Can Transmit All of the Internet's Traffic Every Second 53
Kids Who Play Video Games Score Higher on Brain Function Tests 47
How a Mathematician-Magician Revealed a Casino Loophole 102
'Wobbling Black Hole' Most Extreme Example Ever Detected 21
Some People Really Are Mosquito Magnets, Study Finds 50
NASA's Webb Takes Star-Filled Portrait of Pillars of Creation 29
Indonesia Bans All Syrup Medicines After Death of 99 Children 34
SpaceX Launches 54 Starlink More Satellites, Lands Rocket in 100th Mission From Florida Pad 59
Transparent Wood Could Soon Replace Plastics 90
Five Hours' Sleep Is Tipping Point For Bad Health 53
Boston University Researchers' Testing of Lab-Made Version of COVID-19 Draws Government Scrutiny 112
Memory Study Induces Sleeping People To Forget Word Associations 12
Ultra-Processed Meals Are Unhealthier Than You Think 150
Since Crew Dragon's Debut, SpaceX Has Flown More Astronauts Than Anyone 69
Scientists Baffled After a Black Hole 'Burps' a Star's Energy - Three Years Later 41
Vaccines to Treat Cancer Possible by 2030, Say BioNTech Founders 150
Europe Plans to Launch a Quantum Encryption Satellite for Ultrasecure Communications in 2024 32
Black Holes May Hide a Mind-Bending Secret About Our Universe 136
Final Results of the MICROSCOPE Mission Confirms Einstein's Equivalence Principle 28
Rats With (Part) Human Brains 54
FDA Officially Declares a Shortage of Adderall 66
SpaceX Splashes Down NASA Astronauts, Completing Crew-4 Mission 15
Animal Populations Shrunk an Average of 69% Over the Last Half-Century, Report Says 29
Nearly Half of Covid Patients Haven't Fully Recovered Months Later, Study Finds 102
White House is Pushing Ahead Research To Cool Earth By Reflecting Back Sunlight 104
Sony Releases Its First Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids 68
DeepMind Breaks 50-Year Math Record Using AI; New Record Falls a Week Later 30
Greenland Ice Sheet May Be More Vulnerable To Climate Change, Study Finds 22
SpaceX Announces a Second Private Flight To the Moon Aboard Starship 72
Lab-Grown Brain Cells Play Video Game Pong 44
A Supersmeller Can Detect the Scent of Parkinson's, Leading To An Experimental Test For the Illness 40
NASA Says Dart Mission Succeeded In Shifting Asteroid's Orbit 77
New Zealand Angers Its Farmers By Proposing Taxing Cow Burps 179
SpaceX Competitor Lynk Testing 5G Cellphone Service From Space 49
Stoke Space Aims To Build Rapidly Reusable Rocket With a Completely Novel Design 62
Why a $158,000 Drug With Unclear Benefits Hurts Whole Health System 176
Fungi Find Their Way Into Cancer Tumors, But What They're Doing There is a Mystery 42
India Facing a Pandemic of Antibiotics-Resistant Superbugs 63
A Strange Pumpkin-Orange Full Moon Rises in the Sky Tonight 47
Ransomware Attack Delays Patient Care at Several Hospitals Across the US 30
How 'MythBusters' Helped a Wrongly Convicted Man Prove His Innocence 127
433 People Won the Philippines Lottery. Was it Luck - or Cheating? 46
William Shatner: My Trip To Space Filled Me With 'Overwhelming Sadness' 91
Researchers Think a Key To Cooling Cities Lies in Naples' Ancient Aqueducts 21
Space Billboards Could Cost $65 Million and Still Turn a Profit 118
Toxic Air Pollution Particles Found in Lungs, Livers and Brains of Unborn Babies 70
AI Eye Checks Can Predict Heart Disease Risk In Less Than Minute, Finds Study 17
European Observatory NOEMA Reaches Full Capacity With Twelve Antennas 18
DeepMind's Game-Playing AI Has Beaten a 50-Year-Old Record In Computer Science 91
Scientists Have Discovered a New Set of Blood Groups 21
Crew Dragon Launches Safely, Carrying First Russian From US Soil In 20 Years 39
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded To 3 Scientists for Work 'Snapping Molecules Together' 37
Wax Worm Saliva Rapidly Breaks Down Plastic Bags, Scientists Discover 32
Drinking Several Cups of Coffee a Day May Be Linked To Longer Lifespan in Study 78
Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded To 3 Scientists for Work in Quantum Technology 23
India's Space Agency Says Its Mars Orbiter Craft Has Lost Communication, Confirms Mission Over 18
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded To Svante Paabo 10
Milky Way's Graveyard of Dead Stars Found 44
Florida's Space Coast On Track After Ian, Set For 3 Launches In 3 Days 11
LSD-Like Molecules Counter Depression Without the Trip 40
The Era of Fast, Cheap Genome Sequencing Is Here 32
Firefly Launches Alpha Rocket To Orbit 18
Chernobyl Black Frogs Reveal Evolution In Action 63
Sofia, the Historic Airplane-Borne Telescope, Lands For the Last Time 27
NASA and SpaceX Are Studying a Hubble Telescope Boost, Adding 15 To 20 Years of Life 51
What Is a 'Healthy' Food? The FDA. Wants To Change the Definition. 93
Pfizer Pays Almost $120 Million For App That Detects COVID From a Cough 39
FDA Approves ALS Drug Whose Study Was Partly Funded By Ice Bucket Challenge 28
Physician Burnout Has Reached Distressing Levels, New Research Finds 68
The CIA Just Invested in Woolly Mammoth Resurrection Technology 54
NASA Spacecraft Buzzes Jupiter Moon Europa, Closest in Years 23
Japan Should Consider Allowing Medical Cannabis, Health Panel Says 49
Scientists Create AI-Powered Laser Turret That Kills Cockroaches 94
North Korea Launches Mass Covid-19 Vaccination Campaign 40
Alzheimer's Drug Slows Cognitive Decline in Key Study 44
Room-Temperature Superconductivity Study Retracted 46
NASA's DART Spacecraft Hits Target Asteroid in First Planetary Defense Test 105
Experts Call For Trip To Venus Before Crewed Mission To Mars 125
Oceans' Worth of Water Hidden Deep in Earth, Ultra Rare Diamond Suggests 30
NASA's Dart Probe To Smash Into Asteroid in First Earth Defence Test 25
New Binary Pulsar Detected With CHIME 7
Brussels Tests Cultural Visits To Treat Anxiety 14

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