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October 14, 2022

Neuroscience Why Sleep-Deprived People Are More Selfish and Lonely Poor sleep impairs brain areas that are key to social engagement, but more zzz's can boost kind behavior By Daisy Yuhas

Reproduction There's an Alarming Rise in Diabetes during Pregnancy A spike in diabetes during pregnancy, worsened by the pandemic, raises the risk of chronic diabetes, heart disease and birth complications By Claudia Wallis

Dinosaurs Remarkable Dinosaur Mummy Has 'Glittering' Skin Gouged by Ancient Crocs An exquisite dinosaur mummy called Dakota shows evidence it was feasted on by ancient predators By Nicoletta Lanese,LiveScience

Intelligence Neurons in a Dish Learn to Play Pong A cellular version of the computer game challenges assumptions about intelligence By Heidi Ledford,Nature magazine

Memory Naps Not Needed to Make New Memories Rats kept awake after exploring novel objects remembered the original items, but not where they'd seen them, raising interesting questions about human sleep. By Karen Hopkin | 05:27

Agriculture This Shrub Could Supply Rubber, Insect Repellent and Glue Researchers and tire companies hope drought-tolerant guayule can provide a sustainable economic boost to the water-stressed Southwest By Ula Chrobak

Climate Change Greenland Is Disappearing Quickly, and Scientists Have Found a New Reason Why Meltwater from Greenland churns the ocean, speeding the loss of glaciers like stirring ice cubes in a glass of water By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

Epidemiology Ebola Outbreak in Uganda Surges, but the Country Has a Plan Uganda's Ebola incident commander talks with Scientific American about the outbreak's spread, the country's response and the risk of cross-border transmission By Paul Adepoju

Epidemiology What Does the Future of Monkeypox Look Like? With cases declining in the U.S. and Europe, here are some scenarios of how the outbreak might play out By Sara Reardon,Nature magazine

Privacy How Iran Is Using the Protests to Block More Open Internet Access The Iranian government is taking advantage of Internet shutdowns to push citizens onto a local intranet that is vulnerable to surveillance and censorship By Sophie Bushwick

Engineering This Black Female Engineer Broke through the Double Bind of Racism and Sexism and Directly Nurtured a Legion of STEM Leaders Yvonne Y. Clark, known as Y.Y., had a lifetime of groundbreaking achievements. In the final episode of this season's Lost Women of Science podcast, we see how Y.Y.'s more than five decades of teaching educated a new generation of mechanical engineers, who credit her with helping to change the industry By Katie Hafner,Carol Sutton Lewis,The Lost Women of Science Initiative

Reproduction Male Birth Control Is in Development, but Barriers Still Stand in the Way A scientist who has been developing male birth control since the 1970s says safe, reversible and affordable options are possible By Christina Chung-Lun Wang,The Conversation US

Planetary Science Jupiter's Ocean Moon Europa Is Ready for Its Close-up Fresh data from the Juno probe's flyby of Europa could help scientists learn whether this icy moon of Jupiter is habitable—or even inhabited By Daniel Leonard

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