Week in Science: Orcas just sank another yacht

May 17–This week, orcas sank another boat off the coast of Morocco, we survived the largest solar storm in 20 years, and Grizzly bears are being re-introduced to Washington State. All that and more below! -Andrea Gawrylewski, Chief Newsletter Editor

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Orcas Just Sank Another Yacht Orcas have once again attacked and sunk a boat near the Strait of Gibraltar, a behavior that has scientists stumped Andrea Thompson

Humans Are Driving a New Kind of Evolution in Animals Anthropogenic evolution is affecting species across the planet Lee Alan Dugatkin

A Brand-New Spacecraft Will Visit the International Space Station Soon Sierra Space's Dream Chaser is set to make its inaugural trip to orbit to deliver supplies to the International Space Station Sarah Scoles

Revolutionary Genetics Research Shows RNA May Rule Our Genome Scientists have recently discovered thousands of active RNA molecules that can control the human body Philip Ball

The Strongest Solar Storm in 20 Years Did Little Damage, but Worse Space Weather Is Coming Years of careful planning helped safeguard against last weekend's severe space weather, but we still don't know how we'd cope with a monster event Jonathan O'Callaghan; Lee Billings

A Cubic Millimeter of a Human Brain Has Been Mapped in Spectacular Detail Google scientists have modeled all 150 million connections of a fragment of the human brain at nanoscale resolution Carissa Wong; Nature magazine

Giant Sunspot Cluster Could Pelt Earth with a Cannibal Coronal Mass Ejection A giant sunspot cluster rivaling the one that caused the Carrington Event in 1859 could trigger a cannibal coronal mass ejection. But this is unlikely to cause major problems Stephanie Pappas

Lifting the Veil on Near-Death Experiences What the neuroscience of near-death experiences tells us about human consciousness Rachel Nuwer

How to Check If You're Immune to Measles Certain adults may need to get an additional dose of the measles vaccine. Here's how to know if you have adequate immunity to measles Tara Haelle

Grizzly Bears Will Finally Return to Washington State. Humans Aren't Sure How to Greet Them After decades of debate, grizzlies will be reintroduced to the North Cascades Benjamin Cassidy

Sun Erupts with Largest Flare of This Solar Cycle, but Auroras Unlikely to Follow The same massive sunspot cluster that gave Earth multiple nights of stunning aurora displays has now produced the largest flare of the current solar cycle Meghan Bartels

Don Pettit, NASA's Oldest Active Astronaut, Is Going Back to Space Veteran spacefarer Don Pettit is set to launch this summer on a half-year mission to the International Space Station to perform novel science experiments, snap unique orbital photos, and much more Rich Stone

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