Top Hackernews posts from www.sciencemag.org

1. Major U.K. science funder to require grantees to make papers immediately free (www.sciencemag.org)
   761 points by cyrksoft almost 55 years | 92 comments
2. Hubble telescope has new lease on life after computer swap appears to fix glitch (www.sciencemag.org)
   629 points by sohkamyung almost 55 years | 231 comments
3. Particle mystery: physicists confirm the muon is more magnetic than predicted (www.sciencemag.org)
   560 points by furcyd almost 55 years | 292 comments
4. Twitter shuts down account of Sci-Hub (www.sciencemag.org)
   551 points by amrrs almost 55 years | 315 comments
5. Scientist says cleaning indoor air could make us healthier and smarter (www.sciencemag.org)
   476 points by sohkamyung almost 55 years | 445 comments
6. France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal brain disease strikes (www.sciencemag.org)
   391 points by ta988 almost 55 years | 294 comments
7. New ‘mirror’ fabric can cool wearers by nearly 5°C (www.sciencemag.org)
   367 points by jnord almost 55 years | 206 comments
8. Fusion startup plans reactor with small but powerful superconducting magnets (www.sciencemag.org)
   311 points by rbanffy almost 55 years | 332 comments
9. Lost world revealed by human, Neanderthal relics washed up on North Sea beaches (www.sciencemag.org)
   307 points by chippy almost 55 years | 128 comments
10. Researchers fear a scenario in which smart speakers feed sleepers subliminal ads (www.sciencemag.org)
    300 points by lnyan almost 55 years | 313 comments
11. Thoughts of work invaded my life until I learned how to unplug (www.sciencemag.org)
    257 points by Pikkie almost 55 years | 113 comments
12. Little kids burn so much energy, they’re like a different species, study finds (www.sciencemag.org)
    229 points by lnyan almost 55 years | 114 comments
13. Having SARS-CoV-2 once confers much greater immunity than a vaccine (www.sciencemag.org)
    227 points by peteradio almost 55 years | 351 comments
14. Gravity batteries try to beat chemical ones with winches, weights, mine shafts (www.sciencemag.org)
    226 points by hheikinh almost 55 years | 268 comments
15. Mysterious DNA sequences, known as ‘Borgs,’ recovered from California mud (www.sciencemag.org)
    225 points by walterbell almost 55 years | 62 comments
16. Nuclear reactions are smoldering again at Chernobyl (www.sciencemag.org)
    201 points by yosito almost 55 years | 206 comments
17. Why cats are crazy for catnip (www.sciencemag.org)
    187 points by pseudolus almost 55 years | 121 comments
18. What happens to all the dead electric-car batteries? (www.sciencemag.org)
    167 points by rbanffy almost 55 years | 313 comments
19. The Colorado River is shrinking (www.sciencemag.org)
    166 points by SquibblesRedux almost 55 years | 251 comments
20. Neutron stars may be bigger than expected, measurement of lead nucleus suggests (www.sciencemag.org)
    161 points by furcyd almost 55 years | 106 comments
21. Cheap material converts heat to electricity (www.sciencemag.org)
    142 points by rbanffy almost 55 years | 91 comments
22. Giant tsunami from dino-killing asteroid impact revealed in fossilized ripples (www.sciencemag.org)
    140 points by mathgenius almost 55 years | 75 comments
23. Living microbes, possibly 100M years old, pulled from beneath the sea (2020) (www.sciencemag.org)
    123 points by wombatmobile almost 55 years | 83 comments
24. Many scientists citing two scandalous Covid-19 papers ignore their retractions (www.sciencemag.org)
    116 points by YeGoblynQueenne almost 55 years | 43 comments
25. European plan for gigantic new gravitational wave detector passes milestone (www.sciencemag.org)
    107 points by rbanffy almost 55 years | 87 comments
26. A cloak-and-dagger tale behind an anticipated result in particle physics (www.sciencemag.org)
    107 points by osamagirl69 almost 55 years | 25 comments
27. France grossly underestimated radioactive fallout from atom bomb tests, study (www.sciencemag.org)
    106 points by pseudolus almost 55 years | 56 comments
28. Mammals can absorb oxygen through their intestines (www.sciencemag.org)
    103 points by infodocket almost 55 years | 119 comments
29. Vaccination blunts, but does not defeat Delta (www.sciencemag.org)
    102 points by sohkamyung almost 55 years | 224 comments
30. New SARS-CoV-2 variants have changed the pandemic. What will the virus do next? (www.sciencemag.org)
    97 points by lnyan almost 55 years | 23 comments
31. Scientists quit journal board, protesting ‘grossly irresponsible’ Covid study (www.sciencemag.org)
    93 points by adunk almost 55 years | 104 comments
32. Ancient weights helped create Europe’s first market more than 3k years ago (www.sciencemag.org)
    92 points by pseudolus almost 55 years | 36 comments
33. Fleets of radar satellites are measuring movements on Earth like never before (www.sciencemag.org)
    90 points by sohkamyung almost 55 years | 30 comments
34. Science relies on constructive criticism. How to keep it useful and respectful (www.sciencemag.org)
    82 points by nabla9 almost 55 years | 62 comments
35. Siberian cave hosted Neanderthals, Denisovans, and modern humans (www.sciencemag.org)
    69 points by benbreen almost 55 years | 15 comments
36. Scientists urged Wisconsin to limit its wolf kill. It didn’t go well (www.sciencemag.org)
    67 points by lnyan almost 55 years | 45 comments
37. Remains of impact that created the Moon may lie deep within Earth (www.sciencemag.org)
    63 points by amacbride almost 55 years | 17 comments
38. Ancient poop reveals ‘extinction event’ in human gut bacteria (www.sciencemag.org)
    56 points by scarmig almost 55 years | 16 comments
39. What can ants, bees, and other social insects teach us about aging? (www.sciencemag.org)
    54 points by rbanffy almost 55 years | 2 comments
40. The untold story of ‘circle of trust’ behind world’s first gene-edited babies (www.sciencemag.org)
    53 points by walterbell almost 55 years | 48 comments
41. Longer days on early Earth may have set stage for complex life (www.sciencemag.org)
    52 points by jdmark almost 55 years | 10 comments
42. Why vaccine safety experts put the brakes on AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine (www.sciencemag.org)
    52 points by sohkamyung almost 55 years | 23 comments
43. Several US utilities back out of deal to build novel nuclear power plant (2020) (www.sciencemag.org)
    52 points by zeristor almost 55 years | 48 comments
44. Why Covid-19 is more deadly in people with obesity–even if they’re young (www.sciencemag.org)
    50 points by ketamine__ almost 55 years | 40 comments