Mexican experts find 119 more skulls on Aztec 'trophy rack'

EXPLAINER: The real math behind "net zero" carbon emissions

EU leaders agree to reduce emissions after all-night talks

Researchers discover strong correlation between partisanship and social mobility during COVID-19 pandemic

A theory as clear as glass

Effective planning ahead protects fish and fisheries

Polarization increases with economic decline, becoming cripplingly contagious

A theory as clear as glass

Coronavirus News Roundup, December 5-December 11

Like adults, children by age 3 prefer seeing fractal patterns

Snow leopard at Kentucky zoo tests positive for coronavirus

Five years on, signs that Paris climate accord is working

Sea star listed as critically endangered following research

The pressure sensor of the Venus flytrap

High-speed model for the fight against SARS-CoV2

New computational method validates images without 'ground truth'

Warming amplified in mountain environments in the Last Interglacial

Fan mussel larval dispersal is decisive for the future of an endangered species

Bacteria can travel from one continent to another in atmospheric dust particles

The secret behind male ornaments

Hydrogel controls cell growth outside the body

Tanzania farmers distrust fertilizer quality, are less willing to pay for it

Using water fleas, researchers investigate adaptive evolution

Negative reviews boost sales

Pandemic-Driven Drop in CO2 Emissions Imperceptible in Atmosphere

Carolina Sandhills Salamander: New species added to species-rich North Carolina

Male weeds may hold key to their own demise

High-tech fixes for the food system could have unintended consequences

New tool for watching and controlling neural activity

Artificial intelligence helps scientists develop new general models in ecology

Faraday fabrics? MXene-coated fabric could contain electronic interference in wearable devices

Physicists observe the emergence of collective behaviour

Scientists discover genes involved in a compound in lichens with antiviral activity

Researchers find why 'lab-made' proteins have unusually high temperature stability

Paris Agreement: five years on, it's time to fix carbon trading

Itsy-Bitsy 3-D Spider Web Is as Strong as Human-Made Materials

Scientists say farewell to Daya Bay site, proceed with final data analysis

Festive treat for stargazers as Geminid meteors peak

Record resolution in X-ray microscopy

Potential extreme condition history detector—recoverable PL achieved in pyrochlore

Novel cathode design significantly improves performance of next-generation battery

Russia probes mystery seal die-off

Near-atomic-scale analysis of frozen water

Researchers find a better way to design metal alloys

Trapping nanoparticles with optical tweezers

Characterizing the time-dependent material properties of protein condensates

Record resolution in X-ray microscopy

Solar Orbiter: Turning pictures into physics

Newly discovered toxin-antitoxin system abundant in one-cell organisms

Combined approach for probing interfacial electrochemistry in greater detail

A common type of oscillating motion surprisingly mimics the wave behavior of light

New study could offer helping hand for picky parrots

Impacts of COVID-19 emissions reductions remain murky in the oceans

Global emissions are down by an unprecedented 7%—but don't start celebrating just yet

Search for invisible axion dark matter with a multiple-cell cavity

Black holes gain new powers when they spin fast enough

Climate models overestimate natural variability

Hundreds of fish examined to detect parasitic transmission

Sustainability in a pandemic

The truth about much 'casual' work: It's really about permanent insecurity

Genetic research reveals the origin, diversity and colonization history of the invasive 'tramp slug'

Trapping nanoparticles with optical tweezers

Scientists suggest US embassies were hit with high-power microwaves – here's how the weapons work

Report shows slow progress on sex-disaggregated data

Carbon dioxide feeds plants, but are Earth's plants getting full?

Tiny four-bit computers are now all you need to train AI

New bacterium appears to be efficient air purifier in extremely acidic environment

Study identifies ways to limit arsenic contamination from mines

These Nine Women Should Have Key Roles in the New Administration

Some droughts during the Indian monsoon are due to unique North Atlantic disturbances

Mass extinctions of land-dwelling animals occur in 27-million-year cycle

Colonial history of the Marshall Islands limits their ability to save themselves from climate change

New species of edible marine snail

Scientists develop novel self-healing human-machine interactive hydrogel touch pad

Comb jellies make their own glowing compounds instead of getting them from food

Scientists fabricate versatile catalyst for polyester synthesis and degradation

Scientists demonstrate laser direct mapping of attosecond electron dynamics

Visualization of mechanical waves in a liquid medium

Expression, diffusion and molecular interactions determine Wnt3 distribution

How epigenetic switches control gene expression

What Science Has Learned about the Coronavirus One Year On

Artificial intelligence improves control of powerful plasma accelerators

AI needs to face up to its invisible-worker problem

Abortion and Contraception in the Middle Ages

Arecibo's Collapse Sends Dire Warning to Other Aging Observatories

Shortages, jams and shutdowns: UK readies for Brexit 'no-deal' chaos

What’s on the GMO menu: fast-growing salmon and slow-swimming tuna

Current pace of action on climate change is "unthinkable" state ex UN climate leaders

Scientists call for robust goal for species in Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Amazon community files lawsuit against Chinese firm over gas flaring

Mass extinctions of land-dwelling animals occur in 27-million-year cycle

EU leaders agree climate target, budget after wrangles

Window opens for Virgin Galactic test flight from spaceport

COVID lockdown causes record drop in CO2 emissions for 2020