Our favorite science news stories of 2022

This study shows nice weather can play a role as well, potentially even pushing a couple of rare monikers into prominence. During a museum renovation, archaeologists uncovered rows of graves containing 38 medieval friar skeletons that were buried near the ruins of Cambridge, England’s Augustinian friary. CAMBRIDGE ARCHAEOLOGICAL UNIT Medieval friars were riddled with parasites England’s 13th century friars lived a relatively sanitary existence. So why were they more likely to be riddled with parasites than their less hygienic contemporaries? The answer may lie in their surprising gardening practices. It only looks like telepathy, but a quantum game harpoons our usual sense of reality. KATERYNA KOVARZH/ISTOCK Reality doesn’t exist until you measure it, quantum parlor trick confirms It seems that every year a bizarre quantum physics story makes our top 10 list, and 2022 is no exception. This story involves pseudotelepathy, a matching game, and enough quantum weirdness to blow your mind. Breeding helped get rid of wild bananas’ seeds to create the fleshy fruit cherished today. JULIE SARDOS Researchers have gone bananas over this fruit’s complex ancestry For such a seemingly simple fruit, the banana has a surprisingly complex genetic history. So complex, in fact, that researchers are still struggling t...
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