Science news

I often share, and interpret, science news with my students - some of these reports are collected here.
General categories: 

Genetics

Humans and environment
Physiology
Behavior

Neuroscience
News Feature: Getting the world’s fastest cat to breed with speed | PNAS
(originally posted 16 Dec 2019)
Forest farms could create market for ginseng, other herbs | Penn State University
(originally posted 12 Dec 2019)
New insights into genetic basis of bird migration | Penn State University
(originally posted 12 Dec 2019)
Nitrogen crisis from jam-packed livestock operations has ‘paralyzed’ Dutch economy | Science | AAAS
(originally posted 09 Dec 2019)
A Population of Billions May Have Contributed to This Bird’s Extinction - The New York Times
(originally posted 03 Dec 2019)
Gene-Edited Babies: What a Chinese Scientist Told an American Mentor
(originally posted 21 Nov 2019)
Evolution of sexual cooperation from sexual conflict | PNAS
(originally posted 21 Nov 2019)
Vaping Illnesses Are Linked to Vitamin E Acetate, C.D.C. Says
(originally posted 14 Nov 2019)
Revamped cancer drug starves tumors in mice | Science | AAAS
(originally posted 08 Nov 2019)
Sugary Drink Ban Tied to Health Improvements at Medical Center - The New York Times
(originally posted 03 Nov 2019)
Dog genes and behavior, revisited
(originally posted 24 Oct 2019)
Do Soda Taxes Actually Work? Here's What the Science is Telling Us
(originally posted 24 Oct 2019)
Genes play a role in dog breed differences in behavior | Penn Today
(originally posted 20 Oct 2019)
Testosterone boosts women's athletic performance, study shows | Science | The Guardian
(originally posted 19 Oct 2019)
Heroin Addiction Explained: How Opioids Hijack the Brain
(originally posted 17 Oct 2019)
These Butterflies Evolved to Eat Poison. How Could That Have Happened? - The New York Times
(originally posted 12 Oct 2019)
Nobel Prize for Medicine jointly awarded to William Kaelin Jr, Sir Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenza - CNN
(originally posted 12 Oct 2019)
Paralysed man moves in mind-reading exoskeleton - BBC News
(originally posted 05 Oct 2019)
‘Crypt keeper’ wasps, and echolocating humans
(originally posted 05 Oct 2019)
Hypoxia city
(originally posted 03 Oct 2019)
Results of our vaping survey
(originally posted 01 Oct 2019)
Chimps May Be Capable of Comprehending the Minds of Others - Scientific American
(originally posted 24 Sep 2019)
A numbing medicine turned a woman's blood blue - CNN
(originally posted 21 Sep 2019)
Just like bats, humans can use echolocation
(originally posted 21 Sep 2019)
Your Environment Is Cleaner. Your Immune System Has Never Been So Unprepared. - The New York Times
(originally posted 19 Sep 2019)
Artists who paint with their feet have ‘toe maps’ in their brains | Science News
(originally posted 14 Sep 2019)
CIA unveils Cold War spy-pigeon missions - BBC News
(originally posted 14 Sep 2019)
Vaping lung damage: What we know about the mysterious illnesses
(originally posted 09 Sep 2019)
Hanging Out With Humans Makes This Bird Bad at Its Job - The New York Times
(originally posted 09 Sep 2019)
First Death in a Spate of Vaping Sicknesses Reported by Health Officials - The New York Times
(originally posted 29 Aug 2019)
New human ancestor fossil find, and designer gene editing
(originally posted 04 May 2019)
Does Testosterone Really Give Caster Semenya an Edge on the Track? - The New York Times
(originally posted 04 May 2019)
WHO | UV Index
(originally posted 27 Apr 2019)
Immunization news of the week
(originally posted 27 Apr 2019)
Don’t Count on 23andMe to Detect Most Breast Cancer Risks, Study Warns - The New York Times
(originally posted 20 Apr 2019)
This Genetic Mutation Makes People Feel Full — All the Time - The New York Times
(originally posted 20 Apr 2019)
A cold case killing from 1972 was cracked with the help of genetic genealogy - CNN
(originally posted 13 Apr 2019)
Scott Kelly Spent a Year in Orbit. His Body Is Not Quite the Same
(originally posted 13 Apr 2019)
‘Game-changing’ gene edit turned this anole lizard into an albino | Science | AAAS
(originally posted 06 Apr 2019)
Defining chronic kidney disease at the genetic level | Science Translational Medicine
(originally posted 06 Apr 2019)
This Woman Doesn’t Feel Pain. A Tiny Mutation May Be to Thank.
(originally posted 31 Mar 2019)
A bad bout of flu triggers 'taste bud cells' to grow in the lungs -- ScienceDaily
(originally posted 30 Mar 2019)
Here’s Why a 50-Degree Day Feels Colder in Fall Than in Spring - The New York Times
(originally posted 23 Mar 2019)
Chop Up a Worm. It Will Regenerate. Scientists Figured Out Why. - The New York Times
(originally posted 23 Mar 2019)
Exercise vs. Drugs to Treat High Blood Pressure and Reduce Fat - The New York Times
(originally posted 16 Mar 2019)
New call to ban gene-edited babies divides biologists | Science | AAAS
(originally posted 16 Mar 2019)
Neuroscience Readies for a Showdown Over Consciousness Ideas
(originally posted 10 Mar 2019)
DNA's Coding Power Doubled | The Scientist Magazine®
(originally posted 10 Mar 2019)
Nanotechnology makes it possible for mice to see in infrared -- ScienceDaily
(originally posted 03 Mar 2019)
Semi-identical twins 'identified for only the second time' - BBC News
(originally posted 02 Mar 2019)
Split and continuous sleep in teens impact cognition and glucose levels differently -- ScienceDaily
(originally posted 23 Feb 2019)
Japan Approves iPS Cell Therapy Trial for Spinal Cord Injury | The Scientist Magazine®
(originally posted 23 Feb 2019)
Brain-zapping implants that fight depression inch closer to reality | Science News
(originally posted 16 Feb 2019)
Rare half-male, half-female cardinal spotted in Pennsylvania
(originally posted 16 Feb 2019)
Pills equipped with tiny needles can inject a body from the inside | Science News
(originally posted 09 Feb 2019)
What FamilyTreeDNA sharing genetic data with police means for you | Science News
(originally posted 09 Feb 2019)
How to Avoid Frostbite and Hypothermia in Extreme Cold Weather - The New York Times
(originally posted 31 Jan 2019)
Seeking Superpowers in the Axolotl Genome - The New York Times
(originally posted 30 Jan 2019)
Coming Soon to a Police Station Near You: The DNA ‘Magic Box’
(originally posted 26 Jan 2019)

Your Sweat Will See You Now
The New York Times - posted 26 Jan 2019

The new frontier of gene doping will modify athlete DNA - CNN
(originally posted 16 Apr 2018)
Gene doping
Posted 06 Mar 2018
'A devastating blow to the reputations of some of the biggest names in British sport'
BBC Sport - posted 05 Mar 2018
Barbra Streisand Cloned Her Dog. For $50,000, You Can Clone Yours
The New York Times - posted 28 Feb 2018
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