From Great Dane to Tiny Terrier, A Mutation Creates Enormous Variation in Dog Sizes

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February 01, 2022

Animals From Great Dane to Tiny Terrier, A Mutation Creates Enormous Variation in Dog Sizes A genetic change that evolved from ancient wolves can help make dogs giant or small By Ewen Callaway,Nature magazine

Energy Recycled Lithium-Ion Batteries Can Perform Better Than New Ones A novel method of recycling such batteries could help meet skyrocketing demand By Jordan Wilkerson

Evolution Junk DNA Deforms Salamander Bodies Yet the unfit creatures survive, challenging our long-held view of evolution By Douglas Fox

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Policy The Right to Repair Should be Protected by Law The U.S. Congress needs to uphold the freedom to repair electronic devices By Kyle Wiens

Climate Change New Maps Show US Flood Damage Rising 26 Percent in Next 30 Years Future flooding will disproportionately affect black communities By Oliver Wing,Carolyn Kousky,Jeremy Porter,Paul Bates,The Conversation US

Climate Change Countries Back Away from Pledge to Update Climate Goals This Year Ratcheting up national commitments to lower greenhouse gas emissions is crucial to limiting global warming By Sara Schonhardt,E&E News

Medicine How Many COVID Vaccine Boosters Will We Need? Endless boosting might not be a practical or sustainable strategy, scientists say By Clare Watson,Nature magazine

Psychology Most of Us Combine Personality Traits from Different Genders New research underscores that almost everyone’s personality blends “more often seen in men” and “more often seen in women” characteristics By Spencer Greenberg,Holly Muir

Pollution How to Destroy 'Forever Chemicals' Health-damaging PFASs are nearly impossible to break down—but a new hot-water technique can destroy them By Lars Fischer

Fossil Fuels Los Angeles Bans New Oil Wells and Will Phase Out Existing Ones The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to end drilling in the city for public health reasons By Anne C. Mulkern,E&E News

Plants Thousands of Tree Species Remain Unknown to Science New research suggests there are 14 percent more tree species out there than previously believed By Stephanie Pappas

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FROM THE ARCHIVE Ancient Dogs Had Complex Genetic Histories Some dog population genetics show similarities to ours, such as in the ability to digest grains. But other lineages differ.     By Eliene Augenbraun | January 2021

QUOTE OF THE DAY "This wasn't just a dog story. This was a wolf story and a fox story and a coyote story and everything story. It was canine-wide." Elaine Ostrander, geneticist at the US National Human Genome Research Institute

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