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We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.

  1. Animals

    Trackers may tip a warbler’s odds of returning to its nest

    Geolocator devices that help track migrating birds could also hamper migration survival or timing.

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  2. Tech

    New printer creates color by shaping nanostructures

    Researchers developed the structure-based color printing technique as an alternative to ink-based printing, in which colors fade with time.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Readers concerned about cancer’s sugary disguise

    Tricky cancer cells, brain-shaping smartphones, a cow-burying badger and more in reader feedback.

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  4. Tech

    SpaceX launches and lands its first reused rocket

    Aerospace company SpaceX has successfully reused a Falcon 9 rocket’s booster section for the first time.

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  5. Particle Physics

    Readers question supernova physics

    Star-destroying neutrinos, heart-hugging robots and more in reader feedback.

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  6. Physics

    Single-atom magnets store bits of data

    Scientists read and write data by harnessing the magnetic properties of holmium atoms.

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  7. Agriculture

    Fleets of drones could pollinate future crops

    Chemist Eijiro Miyako turned a lab failure into a way to rethink artificial pollination.

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  8. Tech

    Virtual reality has a motion sickness problem

    Virtual reality games and experiences can make some people sick, and women are more susceptible.

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  9. Science & Society

    Choosing the right cyberattack response is a complicated game

    Public shaming or retaliation aren’t necessarily the best strategies in the world of cyber warfare, an analysis reveals

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  10. Computing

    Winning against a computer isn’t in the cards for poker pros

    Poker-playing computers beat professional players at heads-up no-limit Texas Hold’em.

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  11. Quantum Physics

    Readers amazed by Amasia

    Quantum spookiness, shifting landmasses and more in reader feedback.

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  12. Planetary Science

    Europa lander mission takes another step toward reality

    NASA is working on a possible lander mission in which the main science goal would be to search for signs of life on Jupiter’s moon Europa.

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