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February 02, 2022

Quantum Physics Does Quantum Mechanics Reveal That Life Is But a Dream? A radical quantum hypothesis casts doubt on objective reality By John Horgan

Planetary Science Earth Has a New Asteroid Companion, but Not for Long The Trojan asteroid 2020 XL5 is projected to linger in our planet’s vicinity for the next 4,000 years By Chelsea Gohd,SPACE.com

Climate Change Spring in the U.K. Arrives a Month Earlier than in the 1980s The trend, revealed in 250 years of records, is happening worldwide By Chelsea Harvey,E&E News

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Renewable Energy U.S. Project Reaches Major Milestone toward Practical Fusion Power In a world first, the National Ignition Facility has generated a “burning plasma,” a fusion reaction on the cusp of being self-sustaining By Philip Ball

Language What Is the Shape of This Word? What shape do you see when you hear “bouba”? What about “kiki”? It turns out that nonsense words that evoke certain shapes have something to say about the origins of language. By Karen Hopkin | 06:12

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

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

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

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

Animals Arctic Krill Track Day and Night Even in Polar Darkness Without the sun’s guiding light, these tiny animals’ behavior still follows a circadian rhythm By Daniela Mocker,Nikk Ogasa

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

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

Conservation Restoring Sea Turtles' Numbers Also Restored Their Ecosystem Turtle eggs feed the dunes in which they are laid and serve as a reminder of how humans conservation efforts reap positive effects By Gabe Andrews

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

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FROM THE ARCHIVE What God, Quantum Mechanics and Consciousness Have in Common Theories that try to explain these big metaphysical mysteries fall short, making agnosticism the only sensible stance By John Horgan | August 2021

QUOTE OF THE DAY "Physicists have more in common than most would like to admit with artists, who try to turn the chaos of things into a meaningful narrative." John Horgan, columnist

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