- ‘Landmark’ study resolves a major mystery of how genes govern human height by Jocelyn Kaiser for Science magazine.
Geneticists have accounted for a major share of this 'missing heritability,' at least for people of European ancestry. Credit: Quinn Dombrowski via Flickr (CC-BY-SA 2.0) |
- Polycephaly: Why some animals are born with two heads by Mikael Angelo Francisco for Flip Science.
- The extravagant pageantry of Nudibranchs by the Hakai Institute for Hakai magazine.
- It’s not just the germs — it’s also the genes by Tim Vernimmen for Knowable magazine.
- Young scientist discovers potential anti-SARS-CoV-2 drug molecule by Jordan Villanueva for Promega Corporation.
- Is a dangerous new coronavirus strain circulating in farmed mink? by Graham Lawton for New Scientist.
- Wondering about immunity against SARS-CoV2? by Vincent Racaniello at Virology blog.
- Vitamin D levels could help identify patients at risk of increased opioid use after surgery by Bench Press for Massachusetts General Research Institute.
- The batteries of the future are weightless and invisible by Daniel Oberhaus for WIRED.
- A new kind of battery that removes carbon dioxide from the air? by Adam Suttle for Sciworthy.
- The space heist of Bennu by Allison Kubo at Physics Central.
- Milky Way’s central bulge stars formed in single burst of formation over 10 billion years ago by Sci-News.com: Breaking Science News.
- Will the Universe remember us after we’re gone? by John Horgan at Scientific American.
- Remote-learning technology just isn't good enough and won't be soon by Justin Reich for New Scientist.
- Concept design for a user-powered, refreshable Braille e-book reader for the blind by Michael Berger for Nanotechnology News.
- Kerguelen plateau is Earth's longest continuously erupting supervolcano by David Bressan at Forbes.
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