Which genes dictate how tall we are? Why are some animals born with two heads? Find out in ScienceSeeker's picks of the best posts for the week of Nov 2 - Nov 8 2020 #SciSeekPicks #SciComm.

In this week's best and brightest from science news around the world, find out why sea slugs are much prettier than their terrestrial cousins, and get the low-down on the news that a dangerous new COVID-19 variant is circulating in mink populations. ScienceSeeker editors' favourite posts within their respective areas of interest and expertise also cover many other important and exciting topics. Why not have a read, inform yourself, and indulge your scientific curiosity?

• ‘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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